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Subject: Re: Failsafe on kernel panic
From: Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com>
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Thank you for your response, very helpful.
one question - how do i configure auto-reboot once kernel panic occurs?

Sami


On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:13 PM, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 2:25:33 pm Sami Halabi wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > I have a production box, in which I want to install new kernel without
> any
> > remotd kvn.
> > my problem is its 2 hours away, and if a kernel panic occurs I got a
> > problem.
> > I woner if I can seg failsafe script to load the old kernel in case of
> > psnic.
>
> man nextboot (if you are using UFS)
>
> --
> John Baldwin
>



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