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Frozen Linux Recovery Without SysReq

RHEL system has run out of memory and is now frozen. The SysReq commands are not working, so I am not even sure that /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq is set to 1. Is there any other "safe" way I can reboot ...
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What is the difference between reboot , init 6 and shutdown -r now?

I just want to know difference between in reboot init 6 shutdown -r now and which is the safest and the best?
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Server no longer responsive after reboot

I changed my fstab into this: # # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Sat Jan 12 02:12:44 2013 # # Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk' # See man pages fstab(5), ...
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A Reboot() command with failover

I'm implementing a Reboot() call in my application. It's an embedded application, so no console, keyboard or power switch. The Reboot() must eventually restart the system no matter what. Ideally, I ...
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How to safely shutdown computer during boot sequence?

Due to a bug my computer has stopped in the middle of the boot sequence, just waiting. If I type anything, it prints stuff like ^[[B. I do not want to damage the files on the computer by pressing the ...
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How to check will my computer is going to reboot(or shutting down)?

When I send a reboot command(or shutdown) command to a Linux machine does it keeps that messages at somewhere and can I query it. I.e. I will send a reboot command and after that I will run another ...
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When can one reboot from inside a chroot environment?

Sometimes when I chroot into some folder , I could use reboot to reset my box, but sometimes I can't. So I want to know why I could do that sometimes and why. UPDATE The chroot environment is ...