Matthias Buelow wrote:
> Dave Lee writes:
>
> >If you have a kbd to hit three keys at once, you could just type "root"
> >hit enter, type the passwd, hit enter, then type "halt".
>
> This doesn't work when the machine is completely unresponsive and
> you want to reboot the junk and give it a chance to sync the disks
> before (which hitting the reset or power button does not do, naturally).

if this is the case, wont ctrl-alt-del fail too?