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 1S9Pae-0006Z2-TE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:32:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7CC21E0C76; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:32:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2FAAE0C33 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:31:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.212.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S9PZP-000vmO-TX for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:31:27 +0700 Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so555638vbb.40 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:31:24 -0700 (PDT) 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 10.220.115.130 with SMTP id i2mr3775871vcq.72.1332113484276; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:31:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:31:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.58.200 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:31:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4F661EE7.9040904@libertytrek.org> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:31:24 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Initramfs or move /usr to /, oh my... From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d042fdaec07e23804bb8cd764 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: c4bf8d52-a020-422b-a363-582a4ebde5ef X-Archives-Hash: 6e3ec66cdaf9e8cdbb69f465a1fc3e8d --f46d042fdaec07e23804bb8cd764 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mar 19, 2012 5:31 AM, "walt" wrote: > > On 03/18/2012 11:52 AM, walt wrote: > > > The other nifty hint was to add "panic=3D10" as a kernel parameter in > > grub.conf (menu.lst) so that your remote system will reboot in 10 > > seconds if the kernel panics during boot. That will let you test > > (remotely) if a kernel parameter like "noinitrd" breaks your machine. > > Heh. I learn a lot from reading my posts -- when I figure out why > my first reply was wrong :p > > Now that I've thought about it, I assume you have only ssh access to > your remote machine, so you can't see the grub boot prompt, right? > > Maybe the remote machine doesn't even pause at the boot prompt because > no one is there to watch it? I'm curious how remote servers work in > real life because in my next life I wanna come back as a sysadmin :) > When I started administering remote servers, Citrix's XenServer is Good Enough=E2=84=A2 to deploy in production, so now it's the first thing I inst= all on a virgin box, even if said virgin box will host only one VM. This provides me with a usable Virtual Console through which I can watch the boot process. Rgds, --f46d042fdaec07e23804bb8cd764 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mar 19, 2012 5:31 AM, "walt" <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 03/18/2012 11:52 AM, walt wrote:
>
> > The other nifty hint was to add "panic=3D10" as a kerne= l parameter in
> > grub.conf (menu.lst) so that your remote system will reboot in 10=
> > seconds if the kernel panics during boot. =C2=A0That will let you= test
> > (remotely) if a kernel parameter like "noinitrd" breaks= your machine.
>
> Heh. =C2=A0I learn a lot from reading my posts -- when I figure out wh= y
> my first reply was wrong :p
>
> Now that I've thought about it, I assume you have only ssh access = to
> your remote machine, so you can't see the grub boot prompt, right?=
>
> Maybe the remote machine doesn't even pause at the boot prompt bec= ause
> no one is there to watch it? =C2=A0I'm curious how remote servers = work in
> real life because in my next life I wanna come back as a sysadmin :) >

When I started administering remote servers, Citrix's XenServer is G= ood Enough=E2=84=A2 to deploy in production, so now it's the first thin= g I install on a virgin box, even if said virgin box will host only one VM.=

This provides me with a usable Virtual Console through which I can watch= the boot process.

Rgds,

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