>> 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
