Re: reboot menu item?

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 05:53:52PM +0200, Thorsten Sauter wrote:
> * Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> [2003-10-13 17:42]:
> | Thorsten Sauter wrote:
> | > * Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> [2003-10-13 07:38]:
> | > | Is there a udeb with a menu item to simply reboot? Not prebaseconfig..
> | > | 
> | > | -- 
> | > | see shy jo
> | > 
> | > no. there isn't
> | 
> | What are users supposed to do if something goes horribly wrong and they
> | need to reboot?
> 
> yes. they need to reboot :)
> I think a simple package in debian-utils could provide this.
> 

There was yesterday: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2003/debian-boot-200310/msg00703.html

Subject: Bug#213175: main-menu: Add Reboot item to main menu
Reply-To: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>,
        213175@bugs.debian.org
To: 213175@bugs.debian.org
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:19:53 +0200
Delivered-To: 213175@bugs.debian.org
 
reassign debian-installer-utils
thanks
 
I believe such menu item is best created as part of the
debian-installer-utils package, in the same way as the di-utils-shell
menu entry.  It should be in the "never default" menu item range, and
just run /sbin/reboot.