Correct me if I'm wrong, however, would not a shutdown -r now command not immediately kill the system and reboot? http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ushutdow.htm -Scott -----Original Message----- From: unki@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:unki@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 6:21 AM To: drupix@xxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; urgrue@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: forcing a reboot 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@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 - : 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
