Re: [expert] OT: harddrive flashback

[John Aldrich]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Ok...I'm still a little foggy on this console stuff. I'm only half
> there. So, if my desktop freezes as it has once or twice since I've
> started working with Linux,(about 14 months), and CTL-ALT-BACKSPACE
> doesn't take me out of X, then will CTL-ALT-Fx (x = 1-6) get me there
> without having to do a hardboot and risk filesystem damage?
> 
Maybe. If your capslock and numlock work (i.e. the lights blink when
you switch 'em) it SHOULD work, but you may be completely locked.
OTOH, if you have another computer and can telnet or ssh in, that
might be the best way to gracefully reboot.
        John