Grant wrote: >>> I need to test a kernel config change on a remote system. Is there a >>> safe way to do this? The fallback thing in grub has never worked for >>> me. When does that ever work? >> >> >> You can press ESC in the Grub screen and it will take you to text-only mode. >> There, you select an entry, press "e" and edit it. Press ENTER when you're >> finished, and then press "b" to boot your modified entry. >> >> That way, you can boot whatever kernel you want if the current one doesn't >> work. > > I can't do that remotely though. I'm probably asking for something > that doesn't exist. > > - Grant > >
There is a couple people on here that handle remote machines. I'd be shocked if there isn't a way to do this. Just give them a bit to see the thread. I vaguely recall someone mentioning this but since my remote machine is about 20 feet away, I didn't make notes. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
