Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751018AbVJOBvJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:51:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751020AbVJOBvI (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:51:08 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:26283 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751018AbVJOBvH (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:51:07 -0400 Subject: Re: Forcing an immediate reboot From: Lee Revell To: Marc Perkel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <43505F86.1050701@perkel.com> References: <43505F86.1050701@perkel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:50:49 -0400 Message-Id: <1129341050.23895.12.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 686 Lines: 18 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/