You should be ok. Sounds like the acpi shutdown issue. The kernel does not have the required ACPI support to actually turn of the machine, although its trying to. ACPI support is getting better, but not quite there yet. Gun Caundle wrote:
I'm using CentOS 3 When I shut down it hangs at the: 'Sending all processes the TERM signal' (or KILL). I hold in the power button to complete the shutdown. Is this doing any damage to files etc?
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