Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Safe way to test a new kernel?

[Francisco Ares <frares@gmail.com>]

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On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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"
>


That's right, there are many embedded machines out there with upgrades once
in a while.

Perhaps you would get better results asking at gentoo-embedded list.

Francisco

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