[ beagleboard ]: partition deletion after mount

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hi,

i succeded in creating a double partition MMC.

1st partition: is FAT and contains MLO and a uImage builded
by myself

2nd partition: is ext3 and contains a root filesystem

The system boot successfully and i can log in Angstrom and do whatever
i want.

But if I halt the system ( calling 'halt ' or ' reboot ' or simply
powering down my beagleboard ) the 2nd partition in the MMC is
damaged or cancelled. In fact it's no more readable netither by
beagleboard
nor by my PC.

Any suggestion,
thanks in advance.

--Luca

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In my experience “shutdown -h now” will shutdown a linux machine cleanly. “halt” or “reboot” take immediate action, without closing running programs, or unmounting fielsystems.

Wim.

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Oddly, I have had no issues with this by simply unplugging the beast (even though I expected problems). In general, though, “shutdown -h now” is the preferred method.