Hello, When shutting down this system running Linux 2.6.22.6, I get a warning about the possibility that the disks are not properly shut down. When the power is turned off, it sounds like the disks aren't spun down (but I may be mistaken on that point). http://linux-ata.org/shutdown.html claims that kernels newer than 2.6.21 will always spin down the disks, but is this really the case? The manage_start_stop files exist. Tell me if you'd like more detailed information about configuration and hardware. Robert Östling - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html