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SubjectRe: Forcing an immediate reboot
FromLee Revell <>
DateFri, 14 Oct 2005 21:50:49 -0400
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 18:46 -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.

If it has Oopsed, and the "reboot" command does not work, then all bets
are off - kernel memory has probably been corrupted.

Get one of those powerstrips that you can telnet into and power cycle
things remotely.

Lee

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