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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: slave on 1 November 2002, 21:45

Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: slave on 1 November 2002, 21:45
I'm sick of it running for so long.  You see, I made a bet with a friend that I wouldn't reboot Linux until it crashed, and it's been over two weeks now and nothing's happened!!

as you can see:

]$ uptime
 11:35pm  up 14 days, 14:36,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.04

I need to reboot into windows but I can't until the damn OS crashes!  I played Warcraft III for hours on end and left it running all night and it didn't lock up.  I've tried all the bizarre console commands I know short of "rm -Rf /" and even that wouldn't cut it because we agreed that the only things that would be considered "crashing" would be either a kernel panic or if X locked up so badly you couldn't move the mouse or use the keyboard.  So can anyone help??
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: voidmain on 1 November 2002, 10:01
Is the game to only have normal user access or can you do things as root as well? Otherwise you might be waiting a while. My server is back up to 141 days after the power failure. Before that it was ~490 days as you've heard me say many times..

[ November 01, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: slave on 1 November 2002, 10:15
I can go root, but I don't want to crash it in a way that will screw up my system.  (ie, I don't want to delete system files or anything)
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: voidmain on 1 November 2002, 10:24
Hmmmm, I thought maybe deleting the "/tmp/.X11-unix/X0" file might do it but it didn't. It did freeze up but I was able to CTRL+ALT+BKSPC to kill the X server in which case it recreated the X0 socket and brought me back to a graphical login where everything worked fine again. Hmmmm, I can't think of a way off the top of my head without actually destroying something as root.
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: Calum on 1 November 2002, 14:19
pull the mains lead out, although why you would want to go back to windows is beyond me...
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: Master of Reality on 1 November 2002, 17:26
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but ulimit should protect you from actually crashing from this, it'll just slow down and then the process will be killed by ulimit and then your comp will speed up again.

[ November 01, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]

Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: voidmain on 1 November 2002, 21:52
You should just buy one of those refrigerators with the built-in ice maker. Get some large PVC which will run from the ice drop through a hole in your case. It should keep your CPU really cool (and get you a spot on TechTV).
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: lazygamer on 1 November 2002, 23:09
Im very proud of you XP, you know more then I do.  (http://smile.gif)
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: Calum on 1 November 2002, 23:10
i think you need to just remove all fans and other cooling appliances from your hardware to get linux to crash.
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: Master of Reality on 2 November 2002, 08:02
here are some plans (http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~nv91-asa/atomic.html) for a device to stop linux.
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: ravuya on 2 November 2002, 08:13
quote:
Originally posted by Ex Eleven / b0b 2.1:
I had a car fan on it but my foot get in the blade and i had to get stitches. And 3 injections... So i have put 4 smaller fans on there for now. But the car fan is... how do you say... fucked!


Holy shit! What's left of your foot?
Title: Help me crash my computer so I can use Windows again!
Post by: beltorak0 on 2 November 2002, 16:05
you could download and install a rootkit on your machine, let it advertise itself on the internet, and visit many irc channels.... or does this qualify?  then again, rootkits are designed to run undetected so the hackers/crackers have done a fair job at making them stable....  try editing the sources....

adore, knark, suckit....

-t.