Why is the system crashed with "PANIC: "SysRq : Trigger a crashdump""

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • System crashed with the following message and vmcore is generated:

           PANIC: "SysRq : Trigger a crashdump"
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
  • kernel 2.6.18-92.1.17
  • magickey.sh (custom script)

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