Re: Forcing an immediate reboot

From: Randy.Dunlap (rdunlap_at_xenotime.net)
Date: 10/15/05

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    Date:	Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:55:41 -0700
To: Marc Perkel <marc@perkel.com>

    On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:46:46 -0700 Marc Perkel wrote:

    > Is there any way to force an immediate reboot as if to push the reset
    > button in software? Got a remote server that i need to reboot and
    > shutdown isn't working.

    What kernel version?
    Does it have sysrq enabled?

    If 2.6.x and Yes, then you should be able to do:
      echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger

    to cause a reboot. 

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~Randy
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