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On 25/02/12 16:04, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hello, Nikos. |
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> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 04:10:10AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> On 25/02/12 04:00, Grant wrote: |
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>>> I need to test a kernel config change on a remote system. Is there a |
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>>> safe way to do this? The fallback thing in grub has never worked for |
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>>> me. When does that ever work? |
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>> Oh crap, you said "remote system". Somehow I missed that. Ignore my |
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>> previous post since obviously accessing Grub on a remote machine would |
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>> require a hardware VNC module (if you had that, then you wouldn't have |
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>> posted about the issue in the first place, I assume.) |
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>> The way I dealt with it, is to use the "boot once" functionality of Grub: |
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>> http://weichong78.blogspot.com/2007/04/grub-test-kernel-once.html |
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>> I didn't bother with the panic handler, since I had remote hard-reset |
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>> functionality (I recommend it; it can save your day.) |
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> What is this "remote hard-reset functionality", if you don't mind me |
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> asking? Do you mean somebody on the far end of a telephone line? |
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No, it was a web interface button. It was instant. I assume it either |
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cut the power to the slice or a controller was hooked up to the reset |
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connector. |
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