Re: forcing a reboot

[chuck gelm <chuck@gelm.net>]

Andreas Unterkircher wrote:

>if you really nead a reboot and you have sysrq (Magic Sysrq Key in the
>Menu Kernel hacking) enabled, you can use 
>
>    echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger 
>
>to reboot - if your system is still alive then you can try the
>combination
>
>    ALT+"Print Screen"
>
>to get the Sysrq-Menu in the console and then press the key as shown on
>the oncoming menu.
>
>more information you could find in the file sysrq.txt in the
>documentation directory of the linux kernel sources.
>
>hope this helps you.
>
>andi
>
>
>Am Freitag, den 22.10.2004, 13:45 +0300 schrieb Adrian C.: 
>  
>
>>You could try a killall -9 zombie_process_name before reboot. man
>>reboot has no force reboot option that i can see.
>>
>>--Adrian.
>>
>>On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:29:23 +0300, urgrue <urgrue@tumsan.fi> 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.
>>>      
>>>
I do not have a 'sysrq'.
I am using Slackware v9.1, kernel 2.4.22.
Is 'sysrq (Magic Sysrq Key in the Menu Kernel hacking)'
 distribution specific.
grep -i sysrq /usr/src/linux/.config returns 'null'.
?

 Anyhow, I use
'halt'
 to shut my systems down in a hurry.

Regards, Chuck