On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 06:28:33AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > AFAIK this is true on ADB systems. Only twice have I seen Ctrl-Cmd-Power > not restart an ADB Mac, and those were seriously fscked systems. And > there have been endless discussions on Mac server mailing lists about how > the hardware-based ADB keyboard reset, which pulls down a dedicated line > in the cable (i kid you not) is way more reliable on MacOS than the USB
that would explain it ... > version (which traps something in a driver) and how can they keep > upgrading their servers when the new ones don't come with ADB and still > be capable of reliable forced restarts like with whatever ADB dongle or > other device they use (answer: use something that will cycle power to the > system (bleh)). i heard that newwer apple machines have a hardware watchdog built in, its disabled by default of course. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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