Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:49:18 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: mrcpu@internetcds.com (Jaye Mathisen) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can the bootloader create a file or set a flag in the bootblocks? Message-ID: <199901160449.UAA07916@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.990115093916.634B-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> from Jaye Mathisen at "Jan 15, 99 09:40:57 am"
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Jaye Mathisen writes: > It would be kind of cool if when managing a remote system if /kernel > failed to boot, then on the next boot, the loader will fire up > /kernel.old, or a /kernel.somethingorother. > > Sort of a kernel-clean flag. Then 300 miles away, I can try stuff, and > have at least some assurance that I'll eventually be able to get back to a > kernel I could use. In case in that discussion it wasn't clear, there *is* a way to do this: see man nextboot. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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