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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Safe way to test a new kernel?
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:08:07
Message-Id: ji9flq$qg$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Safe way to test a new kernel? by Grant
1 On 25/02/12 04:00, Grant wrote:
2 > I need to test a kernel config change on a remote system. Is there a
3 > safe way to do this? The fallback thing in grub has never worked for
4 > me. When does that ever work?
5
6 You can press ESC in the Grub screen and it will take you to text-only
7 mode. There, you select an entry, press "e" and edit it. Press ENTER
8 when you're finished, and then press "b" to boot your modified entry.
9
10 That way, you can boot whatever kernel you want if the current one
11 doesn't work.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Safe way to test a new kernel? Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>