Re: Why no Control-Alt-Delete after kernel panic?
On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 09:33 +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kernel_panic#Control-Alt-Delete_after_a_panic I said,
>
> > Why can't one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control-Alt-Delete#Linux
> > after a kernel panic? Why must we istead walk over to the box and
> > press the reset button?
As I understand it, a kernel panic halts the processor. There's no
program running - OS, BIOS, anything - to listen to the keyboard any
more. The reset button directly resets the processor.
Richard
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