Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:52:16 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: mrcpu@internetcds.com (Jaye Mathisen), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can the bootloader create a file or set a flag in the bootblocks? Message-ID: <199901160452.UAA04642@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:49:18 PST." <199901160449.UAA07916@bubba.whistle.com>
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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. Nextboot is woefully inadequate (and not supported anymore anyway). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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