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On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> You can press ESC in the Grub screen and it will take you to text-only |
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> mode. |
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> >> There, you select an entry, press "e" and edit it. Press ENTER when |
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> 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 |
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> 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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> > |
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> > - Grant |
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> > |
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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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That's right, there are many embedded machines out there with upgrades once |
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in a while. |
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Perhaps you would get better results asking at gentoo-embedded list. |
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Francisco |
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