Andrea Celli wrote:
>
> In the next days I had a trouble with my Linux-Mndk-6.0.
> I done something wrong (may be installing vmware).
> As result, when I tried to mount cdrom, keyboard and mouse
> freeze completely and suddenly. I was no able to switch
> console (cntl-alt-Fn), stop process (cntl-C, cntl-D, cntl-z,...),
> reboot via cntl-Alt-Del, ...
> I waited some hours then I had to switch off the power.
>
> What can I do in such a situation?
> Is it possible to configure something in order to allow the
> "reset button" of PC to reboot safely the system?
> In /etc/inittab the sequence cntl-Alt-Del is mapped in a
> similar way ...
false. the init (in fact the process 0) exec the halt bin when you press
alt ctrl del)
but reset cannot be detected, when pressed, it cut down and up fast the
alim in order to reboot.
but there is a solution : the magic key : altgr+scre=nnprint+sn then u
then b (wait a few seconds betwenn s, u and b) whixh 'll Sync the disk
and the cache, Umount the fs and reBoot
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