[ale] Rebooting remotely without a usable /

[Brian Pitts]

On 09/21/2009 06:29 AM, Matt Rideout wrote:
> I have a server that's having issues with its / which prevent shutdown, 
> reboot, init, etc from being accessible. This could be a hardware or 
> firmware issue, so I'd like to reboot, and diagnose it remotely so that 
> I'll know whether to order any hardware before going on-site.
> 
> I can SSH in, and have an IP KVM hooked up, but have no remote power 
> management. The SysRq trick isn't working through the KVM. It seems like 
> there should be a way to reboot through /proc, but I'm drawing a blank. 
> Any ideas?

Call someone at the data center and ask them to push the power button.

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All the best,
Brian Pitts