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    This does, of course, require that Magic SysRq support is compiled in. Commented Mar 14, 2012 at 13:58
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    Problem: some modern keyboards do not have a SysRq key... (the one I'm typing from right now doesn't, for instance - although it does have "print screen", "scroll lock" and "pause/break") Commented Feb 26, 2014 at 10:28
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    @Dalker I just had success with using the Print Screen key instead of SysRq Commented Sep 23, 2014 at 3:05
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    How much time should be allowed for between running each of these commands? Commented Nov 18, 2014 at 21:19
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    Reboot Even If System Utterly Broken Commented Feb 28, 2016 at 21:49