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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Safe way to test a new kernel?
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>> I need to test a kernel config change on a remote system. =A0Is there a
>> safe way to do this? =A0The fallback thing in grub has never worked for
>> me. =A0When does that ever work?
>
>
> You can press ESC in the Grub screen and it will take you to text-only mo=
de.
> =A0There, you select an entry, press "e" and edit it. =A0Press 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