Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 21:06:02 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Rashim Gupta <guptar@cs.rpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting multiple kernels Message-ID: <3DED8D3A.C80D040@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0212032233330.11850-100000@go.cs.rpi.edu>
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Rashim Gupta wrote: > I have a machine to which I remotely log in and do > kernel programming. It has two kernel versions - one is WORKING and the > other is TEST - the one I am presently working on. Is it possible that > the bootloader tries to first load TEST but in case TEST panics then > it loads the WORKING version of kernel without user intervention ? My > initial guess would be to use loader scripts. Any suggestions? You want the FORTH "bootnext" replacement that Jon Mini and James Harris worked on. This replaces the "nextboot" program, which was broken when FreeBSD went to the FORTH bootloader during the a.out->ELF transition. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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