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Is it possible?

I pulled my hair out for 20 minutes changing ini setting through ssh and rebooting from there, not realising that the reboot command performs a soft reboot and therefore none of the settings were taking.

What does 'shutdown -r now' do? That's generally enough of a reboot to bring any regular Linux box back in line.

Bas wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:33 pm What does 'shutdown -r now' do? That's generally enough of a reboot to bring any regular Linux box back in line.

nothing.

Correct, I believe a hard reboot has to be initiated through the menu core.

Try:
That's what the updater script uses:
But yes, a full hard reboot will likely require direct input.

aberu wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:51 pm Correct, I believe a hard reboot has to be initiated through the menu core.

Try:

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reboot now

That's what the updater script uses:

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if [[ "${REBOOT_NEEDED}" == "true" ]] ; then
	if [[ "${AUTOREBOOT}" == "true" && "${REBOOT_PAUSE}" -ge 0 ]] ; then
		echo "Rebooting in ${REBOOT_PAUSE} seconds"
		sleep "${REBOOT_PAUSE}"
		reboot now
		else
		echo "You should reboot"
    fi
fi

But yes, a full hard reboot will likely require direct input.

Thanks for this! It's not performing a full reboot, but it's enough for it to take new ini settings. So good enough

No prob

it doesn't even need any reset.
reload the core (or restart MiSTer binary) is enough to apply new ini settings.
Or you can choose the same ini config from OSD menu and it will also reload the core with new ini.

I always though a hard reboot is physically turning off all power then turning back on again and booting up again.

if it's done by a code or script it's a soft reboot.