> On 1 Apr 2021, at 08:27, [email protected] wrote: > > > I’ve had a router/misc./etc. running ASCII for a couple of years, and today I > inadvertently rebooted it > > because I wasn’t playing attention to which host an xterm was logged into. > Normally that wouldn’t > > be a problem, but what happened is that I ended up with a grub minimal > command prompt. > > I’ve no idea why, and what ended up getting my up again was simply exiting > the prompt and I > > got a list of kernels to boot, so I picked the latest and more-or-less I’m > back in business. > > My question is; How did I end up where auto-boot didn’t work? > > I’ve been very reluctant to update/upgrade precisely because of this sort of > thing. > > Since this box is the main router for the whole house, when it’s down, > everything is down. > > I’ve rebooted in the past without issues, and I don’t think I’ve done > anything to cause this, > > but who knows. Any requests for more details or suggestions are welcome. > > Thx, Chris > Unfortunately I don’t know how to help with the current situation, but I would definitely recommend installing the molly-guard package to hopefully prevent this accidental reboot of wrong machine from happening in the future.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/molly-guard https://packages.debian.org/sid/admin/molly-guard
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