Re: Rebooting (was Re: help! /private/vm/swapfile 44MB. How to shrink it?)

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From: Torsten Buelck
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:47

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In article <1992Sep10.122637.6471@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us  
(Bob Peirce #305) writes:
> In article <BOB.92Sep8095726@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com  
(Bob Sutterfield) writes:
> >
> >Where's the machismo in rebooting a PC on steroids, with a key labeled
> >"Power" on the keyboard?  I bump it half the times I go groping for
> >the "~" or "\" keys.
> 
> No. No. No.  That's why it took me a year to figure it out.  You never
> have to shut the machine off.  You do <CMD><CMD>~ to get to the monitor
> and type reboot to sync and reboot.  This skips fsck and brings thing up
> real quick.

What about <right CMD>~ to bring up the "power off/reboot"-panel and
pressing r to reboot. Does the same with less keys...

Torsten.
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Subject: Re: Rebooting (was Re: help! /private/vm/swapfile 44MB. How to shrink it?)
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