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 1S17EX-0006ll-Re for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:19:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 38A4DE0985; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:19:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8A6E0D3D for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:17:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjg9 with SMTP id jg9so734747bkc.40 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:17:37 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mikemol@gmail.com designates 10.205.121.16 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.205.121.16; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mikemol@gmail.com designates 10.205.121.16 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mikemol@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=mikemol@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.205.121.16]) by 10.205.121.16 with SMTP id ga16mr2211943bkc.104.1330136257533 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:17:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4n88fTvVj+cpo6puZ8ibpeF8oEPdJNDd+dgRZbWXTLI=; b=H1r0Z7r1kHCiqdiffF0dLWqxYI70OQ6ikmOVL41ZHzUtbNzmtaHFAhwaRs7oSDrOd4 51mkkx0NhIqkQ8mPx9QSzKxhUKLpH+k0NdPYF5HZnkG7lGv9LJ6NaUUbnrlQpDlVfTnU +jknqN6tLINDctmMH7NowS3rlQPIKoP5bVcb4= 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 Received: by 10.205.121.16 with SMTP id ga16mr1820477bkc.104.1330136257428; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:17:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.14.19 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:17:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:17:37 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Safe way to test a new kernel? From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 545a2645-f436-47b3-9b04-4f806eea3ca0 X-Archives-Hash: 59e56e0bcd38c0f4a54101d62fcf2310 On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Grant wrote: >>> I need to test a kernel config change on a remote system. =C2=A0Is ther= e a >>> safe way to do this? =C2=A0The fallback thing in grub has never worked = for >>> me. =C2=A0When does that ever work? >> >> >> You can press ESC in the Grub screen and it will take you to text-only m= ode. >> =C2=A0There, you select an entry, press "e" and edit it. =C2=A0Press ENT= ER 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. =C2=A0I'm probably asking for something > that doesn't exist. What's the nature of the remote box? For example, I have a xen vps for which I can access the console via ssh to the xen host machine. I can get at the grub menu that way. I think grub supports serial consoles, but I don't know... --=20 :wq