[Discussion] eCS Version 2 Shutdown

[Arthur Menu]

Carl Gehr wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:50:02 -0600 (CST), Ira N. Saxe wrote:
> 
>> Lately, my Shutdown and Restart don't do anything.  Thus, at startup it goes thru the lengthy disk check procedure.  Any repair suggestions will be appreciated.  Regards, Ira Saxe
> 
> Odds are, the problem is ACPI...  Do you have the latest level?  Do you
> have the level installed from the CD?  Or one of the several in
> between.  The initial level is likely to cause the problem you descri
> be IF you select POWER OFF.  But, later levels have their own failings.
>  The safest way to deal with this, from a shutdown stand point is to
> specify only 'Shutdown' [no power off] or 'Reboot'.
> 
> Carl
> 
Hi all,

This something that has puzzled me for some time and for which I have 
received no satisfactory answer: Why is it so hard to get os/2-eCS to 
power off a computer? Forget about all the other things ACPI or ATM can 
do--why does this one, apparently simple, function present such 
problems? I mean this isn't proprietary Microsoft code, is it?

I ask this as your typical, ignorant-about-tech-stuff end user.

Arthur

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