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Magic SysRq Keys

Magic SysRq Keys

Posted Jun 19, 2012 12:27 UTC (Tue) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)
In reply to: Magic SysRq Keys by k3ninho
Parent article: Brown: A Nasty md/raid bug

I usually do ctrl-alt-f1, sysrq-6 (to see the messages), sysrq-s (wait for the all sync message to pop up), sysrq-u (so no processes try to write to the disks again after the last sync), another sysrq-s (should pop the message quickly this time), sysrq-o, wait one minute or so, turn the machine on again (the last part is kind of superstitious but I feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that if the power fails, I have seen the machine boot from zero last time, so it "ought" to work).


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Magic SysRq Keys

Posted Jun 20, 2012 7:31 UTC (Wed) by jezuch (subscriber, #52988) [Link]

> I usually do ctrl-alt-f1, sysrq-6 (to see the messages), sysrq-s (wait for the all sync message to pop up) (...)

I saw a mnemonic for this sequence somewhere:
Raising Skinny Elephants Is [So] Utterly Boring

(The sysrq-s part I saw recommended after sysrq-r or after sysrq-i so, just for safety, I do it in both places ;) )

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