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@xxxxxxxxx> 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. > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
