--- Bob Walicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is probably a stupid question but I don't want to mess anything > up. Our computer running Debian has frozen at the login screen. No > keystrokes work, the mouse does nothing etc. Further you can't login > from > other computers. Is there a 'best' way to restart the thing? > Anything > better than simply hitting the 'restart' button on the box itself? I > would rather not do that if I risk screwin anything up as the system > seems > to have simply crashed. > > Please reply to the address above. > > Thanks > > Bob > > --
Unless you have support for the magic SysReq key built into your kernel, I'd say you have no other option than to cold boot. If you do have magic Alt-SysReq enabled, then: <Alt+SysReq>-s (sync disks), <Alt+SysReq>-u (unmount disks), <Alt+SysReq>-b (reboot, issued 20 second HTH, Patrick. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
