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SysRq

With the right options enabled in the kernel, you can use some kernel hacking keystrokes to handle the machine. Here we go:

Key Sequence Description 
Alt+SysRq+R  use Raw keyboard events 
Alt+SysRq+K  kill current VT in use 
Alt+SysRq+E  tErminate all running processes (exceptinit) 
Alt+SysRq+I  kIll all processes (except init) 
Alt+SysRq+L  kilL all processes (including init) 
Alt+SysRq+B  reBoot 
Alt+SysRq+S  Sync all drives 
Alt+SysRq+U  Umount all filesystems 
Alt+SysRq+O  turn the machine Off 
Alt+SysRq+P  dump Processor's registers 
Alt+SysRq+T  dump current Tasks 
Alt+SysRq+M  dump some Memory info 
Alt+SysRq+[0-9] set kernel log level and redirect it to console 



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