Dell Wyse Z90D7 Linux power off issue

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  • April 29, 2022 at 2:35 pm #107565
    Jim Lathan
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    Hi Everyone

    I am trying to run linux on the Z90D7 – everything works fine except the power off. I have tried various variants of linux – systemmd and non systemmd – and on various clients.

    The text displayed on shutdown now or shutdown -hP now ends with

    Reboot: Power off after failing to umount drives (depending upon the variant of linux being used)

    I have used a the linux systemrescuecd boot usb and that does power off correctly if you choose power off from the startup menu:-). If you boot into the systemrescue cd and then shutdown , it fails to power off,

    I have re-imaged the machines using the latest windows7 standard image and tool, and this has worked fine. The bios says it is 3.0E They have the 16gb sata dom and 4 or 8gb of ram.

     

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    May 2, 2022 at 10:44 pm #107569
    Jim Lathan
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    Make sure to wipe the disk using a bootable USB disk, there may be a hidden partition that Linux is trying to control.

    May 6, 2022 at 10:32 am #107606
    Jim Lathan
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    Thanks for the feedback. I will try again. But I have also purchased 128 GB Dom and tried installing Linux. It still does not power off. I will your suggestion and let you know what happens.Thanks again

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