Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucsd!hub!6600zeek From: 6600zeek@hub.UUCP (Todd Howitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: What is the SysRq key for? Message-ID: <3539@hub.UUCP> Date: 12 Jan 90 00:47:06 GMT References: Sender: news@hub.UUCP Lines: 24 From article , 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? ________________I hate signatures, and so do you.___________________ |Todd Howitt, AKA Bob & Doug | | |6600zeek@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu | >This space intentionally left blank< | |6600zeek@ucsbuxa.bitnet | |