Ingo Oeser wrote: > Hi Meelis, > >> Unfortunatlety, 2.6.15 does not boot on this machine so I'm locked out >> remotely at the moment. > > Here it my paranoid boot setup: > > 1. Use "lilo -R new-kernel", to boot a kernel only > once and reboot the default kernel next time. > > 2. Force reboot on any panic after 10 seconds: > append="panic=10" in /etc/lilo.conf > > 3. Schedule automatic reboot in case of impossible login > echo "/bin/sync; /sbin/reboot -f "|at now + 15min
Instead of this, I usually use a system startup script like this: case "$(cat /proc/cmdline)" in *linux-test*) (sleep 300; [ -f /var/run/noreboot ] || reboot) & ;; esac which means that if the kernel image is named 'linux-test', it will be rebooted in 15 minutes after booting if no /var/run/noreboot file exist. So if I'm able to log in, i just touch /var/run/noreboot and be done with it. And oh, yes, for this to work, in lilo.conf the new entry should be labeled linux-test -- ie, install new kernel, add new entry into lilo.conf with label=linux-test, run `lilo && lilo -R linux-test && init 6' and.. wait ;) After successeful reboot (and touching /var/run/noreboot), edit lilo.conf, restore the proper label, set proper order of entries if needed and re-run lilo. /mjt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
