Re: [PATCH v0] Require human interaction to go to normal shell if grub.cfg has a problem

2013-12-09 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 09.12.2013 16:25, Jonathan McCune wrote: > Good point. This is another interesting option. I'm not sure how > generally reliable it is for BIOS systems either, but it seems like a > case worth considering. The call has been around for a long time. I think originally it launched BASIC in ROM. I

Re: [PATCH v0] Require human interaction to go to normal shell if grub.cfg has a problem

2013-12-07 Thread Andrey Borzenkov
В Mon, 2 Dec 2013 12:49:03 -0800 Jonathan McCune пишет: > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > > > > I still do not quite understand how rebooting can fix the problem. The > > only case it may happen is when you have intermittent network issues > > where grub fails to rea

Re: [PATCH v0] Require human interaction to go to normal shell if grub.cfg has a problem

2013-12-02 Thread Andrey Borzenkov
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Jonathan McCune wrote: > Replying here instead of the install_c thread to try to keep it clean. In > response to: > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Andrey Borzenkov > wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Jonathan McCune >> wrote: >> > On Sat, Nov 9,

Re: [PATCH v0] Require human interaction to go to normal shell if grub.cfg has a problem

2013-11-28 Thread Andrey Borzenkov
В Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:46:48 -0800 Jon McCune пишет: > The rescue prompt is very useful for human operators, but not so > useful in unattended environments. Add a facility for rebooting > after a delay, so that, e.g., the system can still PXE boot if > there is no console attached. > > Signed-of

Re: [PATCH v0] Require human interaction to go to normal shell if grub.cfg has a problem

2013-11-27 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Just a wild idea perhaps we should embed osdetect.cfg in normal.mod in some form. It would be pretty much the easy solution for many cases. On Nov 26, 2013 12:47 AM, "Jon McCune" wrote: > The rescue prompt is very useful for human operators, but not so > useful in unattended environments. Add a