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How to: Power down a frozen Linux machine the gentle way
So, your Linux box has completely frozen up to the point that you can't Ctrl + Alt + Backspace your way out of trouble. What do you do? Hit the power button and cold boot, right? Wrong. Gutting the power while your machine is still running can cause some serious damage, especially if the OS is still writing data to the hard drive. Next time, utilize this method for rebooting a frozen Linux PC the safe way.
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