From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jan 16 08:10:38 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA25727 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:10:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles206.castles.com [208.214.165.206]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA25719 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 08:10:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA04642; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:52:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901160452.UAA04642@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Archie Cobbs cc: mrcpu@internetcds.com (Jaye Mathisen), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can the bootloader create a file or set a flag in the bootblocks? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:49:18 PST." <199901160449.UAA07916@bubba.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 20:52:16 -0800 From: Mike Smith 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. 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