Re: ctrl-alt-del not handicap accesable?

Kevin Lentin (kevinl@cs.monash.edu.au)
Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:41:30 +1100

On Wed, Feb 18, 1998 at 10:03:58PM +0100, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> Not specifically, but you _shouldn't_ use ctrl-alt-del
> to reboot your system. You should to a reboot or telinit 6
> (when under Linux or RedHat) to make a clean reboot.

'Linux or RedHat' Not sure what that means.

BUT what is wrong with using CAD to reboot? All it does is send a boot
message to init as far as I can tell. My machine goes through exactly the
same routine whether I press CAD or run telinit 6 or run reboot or shutdown
-r now. They're all equivalent.

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