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Unixmen shows you how to use Magic SysRq combination key to recover from a frozen system in Linux



In our previous post we talked about the magic sysRq key " REISUB" a key combination to be used for emergencies when the system absolutely locks up and freeze, in other word when the systems has already died a horrible death. Today i will show another magic SysRq keys combination to be used to recover from freezes in linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS..). Note that these keys wont work if your system is in kernel panic.
  Use Magic SysRq combination key to recover from a frozen system in Linux