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Reboot bandicoot!
Blog An old friend of mine, Download Dave, used to shout out "Reboot bandicoot! For various security and logistical reasons, I didn't have permissions to reboot the server, which is what I needed to do after updating various XML files.
[June 8, 2009, 8:52]
Google offers details on 'reboot' bug, Android fixes
News One user found it by typing the word 'reboot' in a text message. Google has begun releasing details about the vulnerabilities it patched in two updates to Google's Android operating system software in the T-Mobile G1 smartphone.
[November 12, 2008, 8:37]
Shutdown/Reboot Ubuntu 9.10
Blog Sometime during the Ubuntu 9.04 release, Canonical added a 60-second delay when Reboot or Shutdown was selected. At that time it was at least possible to go to the "User Switcher Preferences" and disable the delay.
[November 16, 2009, 7:52]
Reboot bandicoot!
Blog Comment That is definitely a plus for VMs. When I'm writing code especially when its Visual Studio (yuck) its really nice to be able to dump the VM containing the VS IDE in the trash. Drop a copy of the master clone image with a clean VS IDE right back...
[June 15, 2009, 9:26]
Freeserve customer duped by reboot loophole
News But the ISP has stated that it will not accept responsibility for customers who incur additional telephone charges, if they have failed to reboot their PC at the end of the installation process. Freeserve customers who fail to relaunch Internet...
[June 29, 2001, 11:19]
Microsoft fixes Vista SP1 endless reboot cycle
News Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite update that previously sent some users of the operating system into an endless reboot cycle during installation. However, now Microsoft has the problem in hand...
[April 8, 2008, 8:11]
Reboot bandicoot!
Blog Comment Gee? Would you tell us which brand of server it was if we guessed correctly? Looking at the embedded links would be cheating. Something to do with tennis, badmiton or volleyball I think. There was supposed to be a fix for that.
[June 8, 2009, 22:33]
Reboot bandicoot!
Blog Comment Hmmm, I think I signed an NDA, so no can do ;) I'm sure there _is_ a fix but the sysadmin was running around quite a bit. Setting up dev environments does seem to be quite a laborious process. I used to work at a place where the very organised...
[June 9, 2009, 9:51]
Shutdown/Reboot Ubuntu 9.10
Blog Comment i found with the new 9.10 you can install ubuntu studio and it gives you it back
[November 14, 2009, 6:43]
Shutdown/Reboot Ubuntu 9.10
Blog Comment Ubuntu popped up on the scene rather quickly, and became a major player. But, it is those little thing that keep me from using it as my primary OS. I don't mind using a terminal, and the command line is no stranger, but to a newbie this is not...
[November 18, 2009, 8:18]
Shutdown/Reboot Ubuntu 9.10
Blog Comment It does seem that Karmic Koala has more than it's fair share of irritations. Far more than any previous release or have we all come to hold Ubuntu as a GNU/Linux benchmark?
[November 17, 2009, 9:27]
Sybase ASE 12.5.x for UNIX: Integrating "Quiesce Database" Feature With Backup and Recovery Using a NetApp Filer Without Reboot
White Papers This paper covers the techniques for integrating the quiesce database feature provided in ASE for backing up and restoring a Sybase ASE 12.5.x server (henceforth called Sybase server) for a UNIX database when a Network Appliance filer is used for...
[September 11, 2007, 1:00]
Shutdown/Reboot Ubuntu 9.10
Blog Comment Nice tip, thanks. Why was this changed? Why was the option to disable it hidden away where it is unlikely to ever be found? My guess is that, this could be an idea mooted & voted up in http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
[November 13, 2009, 15:14]
Dell product group gets reboot
News After a year many at the company would like to forget, Dell is making significant changes to its executive line-up and structure. Dell announced a new operating structure on Tuesday that divides the company's product business into new blocks.
[December 13, 2006, 7:45]
Spy Sweeper 5 review
Reviews Setting up and installing Spy Sweeper is straightforward, although you will have to reboot. Because some of Spy Sweeper's tools reside in the system kernel of the Windows operating system, it is one of the few anti-spyware programs that requires a...
[July 18, 2006, 11:50]
Video: Vista forces unwanted reboots
News ZDNet.com executive editor David Berlind discovers a reboot feature in Microsoft's Vista operating system that he doesn't like. The feature forces users to reboot their PCs with only a short warning before it happens.
[August 6, 2007, 17:18]
UK immune from TiVo bug
News A TiVo software glitch is causing some set-top boxes to reboot repeatedly, though the company says it recently began uploading fixes to customers. The glitch causes the set-top box to reboot repeatedly, preventing viewers from watching their saved...
[April 19, 2001, 9:08]
Cell phone software: Too much too soon?
News Of all the features on the Kyocera Smartphone released last month in the United States, one stood out: a "reboot" button. The reboot button is typically associated with PCs and other computing machinery, a sort of last-resort ejector seat used when...
[April 24, 2001, 12:49]
Big Brother is in Redmond
Blog I had to reboot Debbie! I did an update on her and one of the suggested updates was a kernel update that required a reboot. I followed the message on the screen, did the reboot after everything installed and was back up and running again before I...
[May 25, 2008, 13:19]
Does BA re-boot its planes?
Blog Comment Ah yes - the longest reboot in history, god knows what OS they must be using. On a recent 10 hour flight I took, the four attempts to reboot took the best part of 4 hours by which point most people had given up - thank god for iPods and Sudoku.
[January 10, 2008, 21:50]
