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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: calling reboot in script does nothing
From:       Peter Scheie <peter.scheie () visionshareinc ! com>
Date:       2010-10-27 1:14:24
Message-ID: 1288142064.7984.8.camel () pscheie-ubuntu910
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On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 16:57 -0500, Dan Fandrich wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 04:44:48PM -0500, Peter Scheie wrote:
> > I'm using busybox 1.17.2 in an initramfs.  In my init script (/init) if
> > a certain test fails, it calls reboot.  But when it does, nothing
> > happens.  The init script ends with a prompt, and if I manually call
> > reboot, it works.  Here's the relevant code:
> [...]
> > Any idea why reboot doesn't seem to want to work within my script?
> 
> If you don't have a real init listening for reboot, then you need to
> use "reboot -f" to force it to make the system call itself.
> 
> >>> Dan

That worked.  Thanks.

Peter


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