The “magic SysRq key” provides a way to send commands directly to the kernel through the /proc filesystem. It is enabled via a kernel compile time option, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ, which seems to be standard on most distributions. First you must activate the magic SysRq option: echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq When you are ready to reboot the…
Magic SysRq key
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