.\" Process this file with .\" groff -man -Tascii coldreboot.8 .\" .TH kexec 8 "April 2006" Linux "User Manuals" .SH NAME coldreboot \- Force a cold reboot bypassing kexec-tools default .SH SYNOPSIS .B /sbin/coldreboot .B [reboot options] .SH DESCRIPTION .B coldreboot is a script that forces a cold reboot regardless of whether kexec is enabled or not in /etc/default/kexec. .B coldreboot takes the same arguments as /sbin/reboot and passes them on to /sbin/reboot later. .SH NOTES .PP .B coldreboot prevents a kexec kernel from being loaded automatically and thus forces a cold reboot. If the user loads a kexec kernel by hand, .B coldreboot will still result in a kexec reboot.