Re: Dumb question: How do you reboot?
On March 4, 2003 07:51 pm, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> on Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:23:42PM -0800, Marc Wilson insinuated:
> > IMHO your box is broken somewhere if Ctrl-Alt-Del *ever* works to
> > reboot the machine.
>
> so, say you're in charge of a server, and you or another sysadmin
> has lost root, and you need to take it down in order to reboot into
> single-user mode and reclaim root. wouldn't CTRL+ALT+DEL be better
> than just holding down the power button? or are they equivalent?
>
> </nori>
CTRL+ALT+DEL is more equivalent to "shutdown -r now" than holding the
power button.. The power button will physically cut power (bad idea)
while CTRL+ALT+DEL will initiate a proper shutdown sequence (I
think).
Leo
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