Re: Proper Break entry for Ctrl-Alt-Del

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Hauke Fath wrote:

> Am 22.03.2005 um 7:22 Uhr -0500 schrieb nathan r. hruby:
> > Could someone be so kind (please!) as to share their .cf break definition
> > for "Ctrl-Alt-Delete" or any other method for forcibly rebooting a x86
> > machine?
>
> This is a WAG, but... I wouldn't expect ctrl-alt-del to have any special 
> meaning on a serial console.
>
> If that is enabled, you could use a BREAK to get into the kernel debugger and 
> reboot from there?

This is a serial console, sadly, there is no kernel :)

I just unpacked a machine, hooked it up and discovered it has some ish
with its drives.  So I'm hoping to use Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot it remotely
a few times while I wander through the various BIOS bits for the RAID
controller and junk.

Hmm...

-n

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