On Tuesday 21 February 2006 12:12, thomasl wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 11:28:46AM +0000, Matthew Robinson wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 February 2006 11:25, thomasl wrote: > > > I think I go back to 486 kernel again. It is very nice to be > > > able to move the boot disk to whatever other computer and still > > > boot. I am dreaming of the universal kernel that dynamically > > > adapts... > > > > How about 2 kernels? one compiled for 486, one for K8? just two > > menu options in grub. Infact, its possible to set a fallback > > kernel in grub, to do remote kernel upgrades, set k8 as default, > > 486 as fallback. > > That's cheating :) I feel a bit embarrassed for that easy > solution since Debian kernel packages already do this for me > when installing new kernels (it keeps the old ones automatically > in the grub menu). > > That is the way to go! I just feel sorry for not thinking of this > before my k7 system crashed and I switched to pentium, and then > now to k8. Rescue CDs are good sometimes... > > Thanks, > > /Thomas L
Your welcome. There's a good tutorial for that on the gentoo wiki, search for 'remote kernel upgrade' or something. -- Matthew Robinson www.fone-me.com free phone sex for all new members -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
