From: Thornton Prime <thornton@yoyoweb.com>
To: urgrue <urgrue@tumsan.fi>
Cc: admin <linux-admin@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: forcing a reboot
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:08:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41790646.6000508@yoyoweb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041022102923.GA1866@fede2.tumsan.fi>
urgrue wrote:
> is there a way to force an instant reboot? in some cases "reboot" doesnt
> work, as it seems to do many things before actually initiating a
> phsyical reset, like shutting down processes. ive now run into the
> situation a few times where zombie processes or module problems can
> prevent "reboot" from completing its task.
For "extreme" rebooting, check out the kernel sysctl interface. You can send commands via keyboard,
serial, or cat > /proc/sysctl. Command include forced reboot, killall, killall (minus init), dump, etc.
thornton
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-22 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-22 10:29 forcing a reboot urgrue
2004-10-22 10:45 ` Adrian C.
2004-10-22 13:21 ` Andreas Unterkircher
2004-11-01 22:40 ` chuck gelm
2004-11-01 23:16 ` Kevin J. Cummings
2004-11-02 23:19 ` chuck gelm
2004-11-02 23:58 ` Glynn Clements
2004-11-03 0:03 ` Thornton Prime
2004-10-24 15:45 ` Quota setting Edward Parrilla
2004-10-22 13:08 ` Thornton Prime [this message]
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2004-11-01 19:10 forcing a reboot Mraz, Scott
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