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@@ -57,10 +57,17 @@ On PowerPC - Press 'ALT - Print Screen (or F13) - <command key>,
On other - If you know of the key combos for other architectures, please
let me know so I can add them to this section.
-On all - write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.:
-
+On all - write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger, e.g.:
echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger
+On all - Enable network SysRq by writing a cookie to icmp_echo_sysrq, e.g.
+ echo 0x01020304 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_sysrq
+ Send an ICMP echo request with this pattern plus the particular
+ SysRq command key. Example:
+ # ping -c1 -s57 -p0102030468
+ will trigger the SysRq-H (help) command.
+
+
* What are the 'command' keys?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'b' - Will immediately reboot the system without syncing or unmounting