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Date:      Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:16:52 -0600
From:      Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
To:        Carl <k0802647@telus.net>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: UFS2 and/or sparse file bug causing copy process to land in 'D'' state?
Message-ID:  <CB040010-5DF9-4E73-9A15-63F01523D2F2@dragondata.com>
In-Reply-To: <49A1E5CE.5000501@telus.net>
References:  <49A10626.8060705@telus.net> <20090222110052.GH41617@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <49A1E5CE.5000501@telus.net>

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On Feb 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Carl wrote:
>
> Is there some other way to forcibly reboot a remote system from the  
> command line when a normal shutdown command is going to totally hang  
> the system in this way? Or perhaps some kind of watchdog that has a  
> good chance of surviving long enough to unjam a situation like this?


reboot(8)'s man page:


      -n      The file system cache is not flushed.  This option  
should proba-
              bly not be used.

      -q      The system is halted or restarted quickly and  
ungracefully, and
              only the flushing of the file system cache is performed  
(if the
              -n option is not specified).  This option should  
probably not be
              used.


One or both of those would probably do it.

-- Kevin




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