[luau] ctrl-alt-del and kvm switches

Ray Strode halfline at hawaii.rr.com
Sun Mar 24 02:22:55 PST 2002


> It's a funny thing while it happens.  It's funnier afterwards.  After 
> installing a little extra ram in a novell server earlier today, the 
> bios let me know about the cas latency or something another.  I 
> quickly pressed ctrl-alt-del to get back in to the bios to straighten 
> it out.  No response from the server, but...wait....I used the right 
> keyboard didn't I (panic panic panic) Quickly I unplug the monitor and 
> plug it in to the most important linux box hosting many important and 
> LIVE applications.  XFS shutting down, .... shutting down.  Oh the 
> horror of idiocy.  I of course bought a kvm switch weeks ago to 
> prevent this, keyboard amnesia, from happening.  Just been waiting for 
> the right time to put it in.  Boy did I find the right time today.  No 
> harm, it's all good, and most funny. 

Well I'm glad the reboot didn't cause any real trouble.  I've done that 
a few times myself :-)

--Ray




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