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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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>> You can press ESC in the Grub screen and it will take you to text-only mode. |
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>> There, you select an entry, press "e" and edit it. Press ENTER when you're |
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>> finished, and then press "b" to boot your modified entry. |
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>> That way, you can boot whatever kernel you want if the current one doesn't |
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>> 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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There is a couple people on here that handle remote machines. I'd be |
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shocked if there isn't a way to do this. Just give them a bit to see |
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the thread. I vaguely recall someone mentioning this but since my |
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remote machine is about 20 feet away, I didn't make notes. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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-- |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |
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