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Re: What is the SysRq key for?

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From: Todd Howitt
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1990 00:47
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From article <Jan.11.09.43.32.1990.19450@pilot.njin.net>, by ccoombs@pilot.njin.net (Cliff Coombs):
> Someone new to computers came up to me the other day and asked 
> "what does the SysRq key do?", once again I had to admit I'm not the
> all knowing guru some people think I am. (I hate being referred to as
> a computer expert)
> 
> So, Netlanders, on the IBM enhanced keyboard, under the print screen
> key, What is SysRq? How is it used? Why is there no mention of it in
> the documentation that comes with the system?

Heh heh, good question!  As far as I know, it's only useful purpose is
for a warm reboot.  Used in conjuction with ctrl-alt, it does a software
reboot which is a little closer to a hard reset than a ctrl-alt-del.  I
haven't found any other functions for it.
  
> Thanks for the wisdom of the net!

Wisdom?  What wisdom?


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