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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
To:        Michael Grant <mgrant-fbsd@grant.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: effective use of serial console
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010101820320.98822-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <200010101917.VAA25595@splat.grant.org>

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On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Michael Grant wrote:

> > > > From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
> > > > You can always hack sio to make the break character call reboot rather 
> > > > than debugger.
> > > 
> > > Once in the debugger, can't one call reboot manually?  How would you
> > > do that?
> > 
> > call boot(0)
> > 
> > It works about half the time I try it (although thankfully I haven't
> > needed it for a while). 
> 
> err, what's it do the other 50%, hang and then you need to power
> cycle? 

	Correct-o.

> Is there a better way if you don't have access to the power
> switch other than installing something like the NPS previously
> mentioned?

	There are times when physical access to the machine is a
requirement. In other words, yes, you can wedge a freebsd box to the point
where a power cycle is the only solution. 

Doug
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