Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > Hi, > I am searching for a way to revert boot to old kernel in case boot > fails. > It is for a remote machine, so reverting should be automated. > With lilo, it's about the "-R" option. > With grub, I heard about a "grub-reboot" tool, but FC5 does not have it. > Where could I find it? > Thank you. > You may find these URL's handy. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-once_002donly.html#Booting-once_002donly http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-fallback-systems.html#Booting-fallback-systems The first tells how to set thing up so you can boot once with the new kernel, and revert to the old one after that. The second explains how to set thing up so that if the defualt boot entry fails, it tries another entry. The second is probably the one you are going to want, but the first one looks safer for a remote machine. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
