On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:19:46 -0500, Dale wrote: > > That's a kernel panic. You can have the system reboot itself after a > > panic by adding kernel.panic=N to /etc/sysctl.conf, where N is the > > number of seconds to wait before rebooting.
> Kewl !!! I just saw that in the file but it is commented out. Like > this: > > # When the kernel panics, automatically reboot in 3 seconds > #kernel.panic = 3 > > So, I uncomment this and the system will reboot in 3 seconds? Does it > sync and unmount or just do the same as me hitting the reset button? The kernel is dead, it's all it can manage to reboot with it's last gasp. > Is there a way to set this without rebooting? You can set it with sysctl on the command line, or add it to the file and reload the config with sysctl -p > Thanks. Why wouldn't that be a default I wonder? Because it causes reboot loops if there's a basic error that causes a panic when you boot. You can also give it as a kernel option in GRUB, add "panic=N" to the kernel options. -- Neil Bothwick Of all the people I've met you're certainly one of them.
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