Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:13:42 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: mrcpu@internetcds.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can the bootloader create a file or set a flag in the bootblocks? Message-ID: <199901160513.VAA08006@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199901160449.UAA07916@bubba.whistle.com> from Archie Cobbs at "Jan 15, 99 08:49:18 pm"
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Archie Cobbs writes: > Jaye Mathisen writes: > > It would be kind of cool if when managing a remote system if /kernel > > failed to boot, then on the next boot, the loader will fire up > > /kernel.old, or a /kernel.somethingorother. > > > > Sort of a kernel-clean flag. Then 300 miles away, I can try stuff, and > > have at least some assurance that I'll eventually be able to get back to a > > kernel I could use. > > In case in that discussion it wasn't clear, there *is* a way > to do this: see man nextboot. Oops, sorry.. nextboot of course doesn't work with the new bootblocks.. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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