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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:19:46 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>> That's a kernel panic. You can have the system reboot itself after a |
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>>> panic by adding kernel.panic=N to /etc/sysctl.conf, where N is the |
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>>> number of seconds to wait before rebooting. |
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>> Kewl !!! I just saw that in the file but it is commented out. Like |
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>> this: |
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>> # When the kernel panics, automatically reboot in 3 seconds |
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>> #kernel.panic = 3 |
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>> So, I uncomment this and the system will reboot in 3 seconds? Does it |
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>> sync and unmount or just do the same as me hitting the reset button? |
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> The kernel is dead, it's all it can manage to reboot with it's last gasp. |
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>> Is there a way to set this without rebooting? |
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> You can set it with sysctl on the command line, or add it to the file and |
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> reload the config with sysctl -p |
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>> Thanks. Why wouldn't that be a default I wonder? |
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> Because it causes reboot loops if there's a basic error that causes a |
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> panic when you boot. |
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> You can also give it as a kernel option in GRUB, add "panic=N" to the |
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> kernel options. |
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Thanks. I'm hoping not to need this feature anytime soon. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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