Ingo Oeser wrote:
> Hi Meelis,
>
>> Unfortunatlety, 2.6.15 does not boot on this machine so I'm locked out
>> remotely at the moment.
>
> Here it my paranoid boot setup:
>
> 1. Use "lilo -R new-kernel", to boot a kernel only
> once and reboot the default kernel next time.
>
> 2. Force reboot on any panic after 10 seconds:
> append="panic=10" in /etc/lilo.conf
>
> 3. Schedule automatic reboot in case of impossible login
> echo "/bin/sync; /sbin/reboot -f "|at now + 15min
Instead of this, I usually use a system startup script like this:
case "$(cat /proc/cmdline)" in
*linux-test*)
(sleep 300; [ -f /var/run/noreboot ] || reboot) &
;;
esac
which means that if the kernel image is named 'linux-test', it will
be rebooted in 15 minutes after booting if no /var/run/noreboot file
exist. So if I'm able to log in, i just touch /var/run/noreboot and
be done with it.
And oh, yes, for this to work, in lilo.conf the new entry should be
labeled linux-test -- ie, install new kernel, add new entry into lilo.conf
with label=linux-test, run `lilo && lilo -R linux-test && init 6' and..
wait ;) After successeful reboot (and touching /var/run/noreboot), edit
lilo.conf, restore the proper label, set proper order of entries if needed
and re-run lilo.
/mjt
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