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. echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger See www.linuxjournal.com/content/rebooting-magic-way for a full explanation.

01/03/2015