Mark Brier wrote: > Quoting Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hello, my host doesn't seem to be available for reboots on the >> weekends so I'm going to switch to a company that is. I'm looking at >> these machines: > > > Why do you need someone on hand to reboot? I have a ded server (with > ctn1, good > deals, check them out), and I reboot it over ssh all the time. Just > make sure > you have sshd and your firewall etc in the runlevels. > > [ot]One good way of testing a new kernel in my experience, is to use > the lilo > once-only option (see the manpage) and also schedule a cronjob to > reboot after > a certain period of time. If the server reboots correctly, just make > sure to > remove the cronjob![/ot] > > Grub does similar to this, see http://www.gentoo-wiki.com - one problem with teh cronjob, that requires teh new kernel to successfully boot and enter teh default run level with cron in it doens' t it? Not much use if the kernel burps at the first stage (yes, i've had it happen to me - lucky i was only 10 mins away from it)
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