Jaye Mathisen writes: > It would be kind of cool if when managing a remote system if /kernel > failed to boot, then on the next boot, the loader will fire up > /kernel.old, or a /kernel.somethingorother. > > Sort of a kernel-clean flag. Then 300 miles away, I can try stuff, and > have at least some assurance that I'll eventually be able to get back to a > kernel I could use.
In case in that discussion it wasn't clear, there *is* a way to do this: see man nextboot. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
