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- From: tuti@tutiki.toppoint.de (Torsten Buelck)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: Rebooting (was Re: help! /private/vm/swapfile 44MB. How to shrink it?)
- Message-ID: <BuKrv1.rn@tutiki.toppoint.de>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 15:47:24 GMT
- References: <1992Sep10.122637.6471@investor.pgh.pa.us>
- Sender: tuti@tutiki.toppoint.de (Torsten Buelck)
- Reply-To: tuti@tutiki.toppoint.de (Torsten Buelck)
- Organization: Tuti's... private UUCP-Site
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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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