Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 01:36:39 +0100 (MEZ) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de> To: joe@via.net (Joe McGuckin) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Specify kernel for reboot ? Message-ID: <199711130036.BAA03250@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> In-Reply-To: <199711122321.PAA19755@monk.via.net> from Joe McGuckin at "Nov 12, 97 03:21:39 pm"
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It was Joe McGuckin who wrote: > > Is there a way to specify which kernel will be rebooted from? Yes. Look at nextboot(8). You'll also need NAMEBLOCK and may be NAMEBLOCK_WRITEBACK in your kernel config. See also /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.386BSD Beware if you use the OS-BS 2.x boot loader, since it uses already the sector where nextboot places its information for the next boot. > It seems that it would be useful to be able to give an argument > to shutdown/reboot to tell it which kernel to use... Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de
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