Re: Loading a Second Kernel

2007-04-24 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 11:33, Jon Steel wrote: > Hi > > Im trying to find a way to do a sort of very soft reboot. For example > I want to boot up the computer into a kernel on one drive, and then > after saying reboot, the computer loads up a kernel from a second > drive. > > I have gotten this t

Re: Loading a Second Kernel

2007-04-23 Thread Andy Hayward
On 4/17/07, Jon Steel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Im trying to find a way to do a sort of very soft reboot. For example I want to boot up the computer into a kernel on one drive, and then after saying reboot, the computer loads up a kernel from a second drive. This sounds very similar to the Lin

Re: Loading a Second Kernel

2007-04-23 Thread Tobias Weingartner
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jon Steel wrote: > > I have gotten this to work with the use of a file to pass information > between boots, but that is not an ideal solution. What I really want is > either a way to pass a parameter to the BIOS so that it can pass it to > boot upon restarting,

Re: Loading a Second Kernel

2007-04-18 Thread Rodrigo V. Raimundo
use grub and make a script to edit its "default N" config line you can mount your ext2 partition from gentoo on openbsd and edit /boot/grub/menu.lst this way you can make an script to reboot into openbsd or reboot into gentoo it can be useful for systems controlled through ssh Jon Steel wrote:

Re: Loading a Second Kernel

2007-04-17 Thread Johan SANCHEZ
> Hi Hi > Im trying to find a way to do a sort of very soft reboot. For example I > want to boot up the computer into a kernel on one drive, and then after > saying reboot, the computer loads up a kernel from a second drive. forget about pc then move onto Sun and the like eeprom boot-device di

Re: Loading a Second Kernel

2007-04-17 Thread Bret Lambert
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 14:33 -0400, Jon Steel wrote: > Hi > > Im trying to find a way to do a sort of very soft reboot. For example I > want to boot up the computer into a kernel on one drive, and then after > saying reboot, the computer loads up a kernel from a second drive. > > I have gotten thi

Re: Loading a Second Kernel

2007-04-17 Thread Reyk Floeter
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 02:33:33PM -0400, Jon Steel wrote: > Im trying to find a way to do a sort of very soft reboot. For example I > want to boot up the computer into a kernel on one drive, and then after > saying reboot, the computer loads up a kernel from a second drive. > > I have gotten this

Loading a Second Kernel

2007-04-17 Thread Jon Steel
Hi Im trying to find a way to do a sort of very soft reboot. For example I want to boot up the computer into a kernel on one drive, and then after saying reboot, the computer loads up a kernel from a second drive. I have gotten this to work with the use of a file to pass information between boots