Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751094AbVJOGrI (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:47:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751095AbVJOGrI (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:47:08 -0400 Received: from nproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.182.200]:26120 "EHLO nproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751094AbVJOGrH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:47:07 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=PUCsay6J7Wa0ZtxFMlbv72zNN7vgD/tv9Zr+Uq4r1U+elqh+xLLWkDlfRkYjzMK6C77FWOEwUPMNQiYpnzhYorFlcgtKcYn+eEBPZG9i8APEUL+uyBPQ6ZKj75j0kKZUYZoSwZz280nARtoU+n46cDwBoM8lVe9f17eFKQePr8k= Message-ID: <2cd57c900510142347y41ca98b1gf7172898d2bdc97a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 14:47:04 +0800 From: Coywolf Qi Hunt To: Lee Revell Subject: Re: Forcing an immediate reboot Cc: Marc Perkel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1129341050.23895.12.camel@mindpipe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <43505F86.1050701@perkel.com> <1129341050.23895.12.camel@mindpipe> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 820 Lines: 22 On 10/15/05, Lee Revell wrote: > 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. > use reboot on panic. -- Coywolf Qi Hunt http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/ - 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/