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(Hmm, GMane acting up again. Sorry if this shows up twice; I've sent |
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this yesterday.) |
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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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