From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: forcing a reboot Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 17:40:49 -0500 Message-ID: <4186BB71.6040008@gelm.net> References: <20041022102923.GA1866@fede2.tumsan.fi> <60a74689041022034528df2193@mail.gmail.com> <1098451290.1228.36.camel@winsucks> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1098451290.1228.36.camel@winsucks> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: unki@netshadow.at Cc: "Adrian C." , urgrue , admin 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 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