From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 15 20:50:26 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA02316 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:50:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whistle.com (s205m131.whistle.com [207.76.205.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA02310 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:50:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from archie@whistle.com) Received: (from smap@localhost) by whistle.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id UAA08456; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:49:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from bubba.whistle.com( 207.76.205.7) by whistle.com via smap (V2.0) id xma008454; Fri, 15 Jan 99 20:49:18 -0800 Received: (from archie@localhost) by bubba.whistle.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id UAA07916; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:49:18 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs Message-Id: <199901160449.UAA07916@bubba.whistle.com> Subject: Re: Can the bootloader create a file or set a flag in the bootblocks? In-Reply-To: from Jaye Mathisen at "Jan 15, 99 09:40:57 am" To: mrcpu@internetcds.com (Jaye Mathisen) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:49:18 -0800 (PST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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