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On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> 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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What's the nature of the remote box? |
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For example, I have a xen vps for which I can access the console via |
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ssh to the xen host machine. I can get at the grub menu that way. I |
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think grub supports serial consoles, but I don't know... |
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:wq |
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