Forcing a reboot when reboot and shutdown don't work
Sometimes issuing the reboot and shutdown commands fail to reboot a system.
This may be the case if the filesystem has gone read-only. The commands below
can be used tell the kernel to reboot the system. You need to be root or sudo
to use the commands.
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echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
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See
www.linuxjournal.com/content/rebooting-magic-way
for a full explanation.
01/03/2015