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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:13:16 -0500
From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:19:46 -0500, Dale wrote:
>
>    
>>> That's a kernel panic. You can have the system reboot itself after a
>>> panic by adding kernel.panic=N to /etc/sysctl.conf, where N is the
>>> number of seconds to wait before rebooting.
>>>        
>    
>> Kewl !!!  I just saw that in the file but it is commented out.  Like
>> this:
>>
>> # When the kernel panics, automatically reboot in 3 seconds
>> #kernel.panic = 3
>>
>> So, I uncomment this and the system will reboot in 3 seconds?  Does it
>> sync and unmount or just do the same as me hitting the reset button?
>>      
> The kernel is dead, it's all it can manage to reboot with it's last gasp.
>
>    
>> Is there a way to set this without rebooting?
>>      
> You can set it with sysctl on the command line, or add it to the file and
> reload the config with sysctl -p
>
>    
>> Thanks.  Why wouldn't that be a default I wonder?
>>      
> Because it causes reboot loops if there's a basic error that causes a
> panic when you boot.
>
> You can also give it as a kernel option in GRUB, add "panic=N" to the
> kernel options.
>
>    

Thanks.  I'm hoping not to need this feature anytime soon.  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-)