From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S6vm6-0000Cj-Fc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:18:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41253E0B12; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:18:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 512FBE0A99 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:16:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8529F1B4054 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:16:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.929 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.929 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.828, BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_NIX_SPAM=3.5, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZwQW3MG-vqc6 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:16:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EBC01B4016 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:16:32 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AicFAKU/KE9FpZT2/2dsb2JhbACBX5x7eZM4k1GGGQSUToZLhAk X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.73,1,1325480400"; d="scan'208";a="167544855" Received: from 69-165-148-246.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.148.246]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2012 23:16:30 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:16:02 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:16:02 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Can I do a one-time boot to non-default kernel in Lilo? Message-ID: <20120312031601.GC25554@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: f05ec798-dc60-4e85-9f58-faa21fe05dc4 X-Archives-Hash: 82b82d4b243c8ed21f7199d74435d165 Not exactly your typical "remote machine", but the principle is the same. I have a dedicated HTPC machine next to my 50" plasma, connected by 50 feet of ethernet cable to my computer den. I use the TV as a monitor when running NHL GameCenter Live. I have Lilo set up to "dual boot" between a "production" and an "experimental" kernel. The first (i.e. default) boot option is the "production" kernel. When I set up a new kernel, I try to always run it as experimental. Even if the kernel panics, I don't. I boot back into the production kernel, and try again. Once the experimental kernel has run for a couple of weeks without problems, I copy it over the production kernel. One problem... if I build a new kernel, is there a way to get the "remote machine" to boot to the non-default experimental kernel just once? Any future boots to default to production (unless its a restart from hibernate). -- Walter Dnes