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>> >> I need to test a kernel config change on a remote system. Is |
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>> >> there a safe way to do this? The fallback thing in grub has never |
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>> >> worked for me. When does that ever work? |
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>> > You can press ESC in the Grub screen and it will take you to |
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>> > text-only mode. There, you select an entry, press "e" and edit it. |
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>> > Press ENTER when you're finished, and then press "b" to boot your |
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>> > modified entry. |
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>> > That way, you can boot whatever kernel you want if the current one |
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>> > doesn't work. |
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>> I can't do that remotely though. I'm probably asking for something |
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>> that doesn't exist. |
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>> - Grant |
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> Don't do that if you don't have some tool like KVM, or other remote |
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> management of the server. Or if it is available in the data center, |
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> just call them and order this service for the time you need to do |
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> updates. |
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> This is why I don't use gentoo on servers any more, just because |
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> I rather stay safe than sorry. |
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How is another distro different in this situation? |
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- Grant |
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> But if you really need to do that (and you don't have any chance to |
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> get KVM attached), just create an virtual machine with backup of your |
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> server and test that kernel there, and check that you have all the |
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> modules you need on the server. But this is the last thing I would do. |
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> Good luck, |
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> Robert. |
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