[ale] Rebooting remotely without a usable /

[Jeff Lightner]

Funny...

I started to reply that way but then realized Jim was asking the OP what
happens when the OP tries to run it instead of the shutdown command.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
William A. Mahaffey III
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 9:15 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] Rebooting remotely without a usable /

On 09/21/09 08:02, Ed Cashin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Jim Kinney<jim.kinney at gmail.com>
wrote:
>    
>> what does "telinit 6" do?
>>      
> It tells init to switch to runlevel six, which is defined by
/etc/inittab.
>
> I think it has a manpage, but I'm having trouble logging into Linux
> right now (!)
>    


runlevel 6 is normally 'reboot' ....



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