Re: choosing desired os to boot over ssh
I forgot to mention in previous message I do not want to be manually editing the grub.cfg file each time if I have to frequently switch between different OS. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.comwrote: I have a machine which is multiple boot.For sysadmin kind of work I have to boot into different different Operating System's. Main Os is Ubuntu 11.10 with grub2. Each time if I reboot then I want to be able to select desired operating system to boot while remotely logged in via ssh as we do when we are physically present on that machine by moving the up down arrow keys.I want to do some thing similar via ssh or if possible by some other protocol. Is it possible some how.Is there any package available for the same? -- -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: choosing desired os to boot over ssh
Go here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 find grub-set-default and grub-reboot. These commands will be available if you set grub.cfg according to the procedure in the section. Rgds, On Feb 11, 2012 3:39 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot to mention in previous message I do not want to be manually editing the grub.cfg file each time if I have to frequently switch between different OS. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.comwrote: I have a machine which is multiple boot.For sysadmin kind of work I have to boot into different different Operating System's. Main Os is Ubuntu 11.10 with grub2. Each time if I reboot then I want to be able to select desired operating system to boot while remotely logged in via ssh as we do when we are physically present on that machine by moving the up down arrow keys.I want to do some thing similar via ssh or if possible by some other protocol. Is it possible some how.Is there any package available for the same? -- -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: choosing desired os to boot over ssh
No this is not what I want.I am aware of these options. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Go here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 find grub-set-default and grub-reboot. These commands will be available if you set grub.cfg according to the procedure in the section. Rgds, On Feb 11, 2012 3:39 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot to mention in previous message I do not want to be manually editing the grub.cfg file each time if I have to frequently switch between different OS. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.comwrote: I have a machine which is multiple boot.For sysadmin kind of work I have to boot into different different Operating System's. Main Os is Ubuntu 11.10 with grub2. Each time if I reboot then I want to be able to select desired operating system to boot while remotely logged in via ssh as we do when we are physically present on that machine by moving the up down arrow keys.I want to do some thing similar via ssh or if possible by some other protocol. Is it possible some how.Is there any package available for the same? -- -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: choosing desired os to boot over ssh
The problem is that there's no networking up at GRUB stage. You'll probably need some KVM over IP or something. On 2012-02-11 14:24, Tapas Mishra wrote: No this is not what I want.I am aware of these options. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info [4] wrote: Go here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 [2] find grub-set-default and grub-reboot. These commands will be available if you set grub.cfg according to the procedure in the section. Rgds, On Feb 11, 2012 3:39 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com [3] wrote: I forgot to mention in previous message I do not want to be manually editing the grub.cfg file each time if I have to frequently switch between different OS. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com [1] wrote: I have a machine which is multiple boot.For sysadmin kind of work I have to boot into different different Operating System's. Main Os is Ubuntu 11.10 with grub2. Each time if I reboot then I want to be able to select desired operating system to boot while remotely logged in via ssh as we do when we are physically present on that machine by moving the up down arrow keys.I want to do some thing similar via ssh or if possible by some other protocol. Is it possible some how.Is there any package available for the same? -- Links: -- [1] mailto:mightydre...@gmail.com [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 [3] mailto:mightydre...@gmail.com [4] mailto:pa...@poluan.info -- Imre Gergely http://havaz.net gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 0x34525305 -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: choosing desired os to boot over ssh
Tapas Mishra wrote: No this is not what I want.I am aware of these options. That fits your requirements pretty well if you only have two systems to choose from - run grub-reboot from init or something on the one that controls grub and each reboot will boot into the other. Otherwise I think that's the closest you'll get. To go between two systems which don't control grub you'd need to reboot from one into a system which does, then run grub-reboot, then reboot. Perhaps you could install a tiny Linux for that purpose, one that boots within seconds? -- Avi -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: choosing desired os to boot over ssh
Similar to Neal, I'm scratching my head as to exactly what @Tapas wanted... The only other possibility would be to install a hypervisor (XenServer comes to mind) and access the VM's virtual console output using VNC or whatever the management app the hypervisor uses (XenCenter in case of XenServer). This will enable you to actually choose which OS to boot in the grub menu. If that still doesn't answer your needs, then I give up :-P PS: grub is actually capable of booting non-grub-using OS like Windows; you'll have to decipher the proper incantations for chainloading (plus all the complexities of juggling partitions - Windows its wickedly invasive and greedy in that regard), but it's doable. Rgds, On Feb 11, 2012 9:21 PM, Neal McBurnett n...@bcn.boulder.co.us wrote: It seems to me that grub-reboot does what you asked for. You do have to modify /etc/default/grub *one time* to set the saved option, but after that you just quickly run grub-reboot before a reboot and it boots the one you picked, on just the next reboot. If on that boot, you DON'T run grub-reboot, it will reboot the time after that with your default, safe boot option. If you're worried about testing odd kernels and panics, you can also set a boot option like panic=30 so it reboots into a safe kernel after a panic. If that isn't what you wanted, can you clarify in more detail what you're looking for? You could set up a serial console connected to a separate computer let you connect to it at boot time, but it is much more complicated and expensive. I guess if you need to boot into OS's that don't use grub, a serial console boot would be more convenient than rebooting to the default one that does do grub, and then choosing the one you really want next via grub-reboot from there. Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 05:54:30PM +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote: No this is not what I want.I am aware of these options. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Go here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 find grub-set-default and grub-reboot. These commands will be available if you set grub.cfg according to the procedure in the section. Rgds, On Feb 11, 2012 3:39 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot to mention in previous message I do not want to be manually editing the grub.cfg file each time if I have to frequently switch between different OS. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote: I have a machine which is multiple boot.For sysadmin kind of work I have to boot into different different Operating System's. Main Os is Ubuntu 11.10 with grub2. Each time if I reboot then I want to be able to select desired operating system to boot while remotely logged in via ssh as we do when we are physically present on that machine by moving the up down arrow keys.I want to do some thing similar via ssh or if possible by some other protocol. Is it possible some how.Is there any package available for the same? -- -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: choosing desired os to boot over ssh
What I am looking for is some thing like a service console similar to IDRAC of Dell Power edge (if available for Ubuntu) or any software where in Wake On Lan with a special key combination can boot my desired OS. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Similar to Neal, I'm scratching my head as to exactly what @Tapas wanted... The only other possibility would be to install a hypervisor (XenServer comes to mind) and access the VM's virtual console output using VNC or whatever the management app the hypervisor uses (XenCenter in case of XenServer). This will enable you to actually choose which OS to boot in the grub menu. If that still doesn't answer your needs, then I give up :-P PS: grub is actually capable of booting non-grub-using OS like Windows; you'll have to decipher the proper incantations for chainloading (plus all the complexities of juggling partitions - Windows its wickedly invasive and greedy in that regard), but it's doable. Rgds, On Feb 11, 2012 9:21 PM, Neal McBurnett n...@bcn.boulder.co.us wrote: It seems to me that grub-reboot does what you asked for. You do have to modify /etc/default/grub *one time* to set the saved option, but after that you just quickly run grub-reboot before a reboot and it boots the one you picked, on just the next reboot. If on that boot, you DON'T run grub-reboot, it will reboot the time after that with your default, safe boot option. If you're worried about testing odd kernels and panics, you can also set a boot option like panic=30 so it reboots into a safe kernel after a panic. If that isn't what you wanted, can you clarify in more detail what you're looking for? You could set up a serial console connected to a separate computer let you connect to it at boot time, but it is much more complicated and expensive. I guess if you need to boot into OS's that don't use grub, a serial console boot would be more convenient than rebooting to the default one that does do grub, and then choosing the one you really want next via grub-reboot from there. Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 05:54:30PM +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote: No this is not what I want.I am aware of these options. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Pandu Poluan pa...@poluan.info wrote: Go here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 find grub-set-default and grub-reboot. These commands will be available if you set grub.cfg according to the procedure in the section. Rgds, On Feb 11, 2012 3:39 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote: I forgot to mention in previous message I do not want to be manually editing the grub.cfg file each time if I have to frequently switch between different OS. On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote: I have a machine which is multiple boot.For sysadmin kind of work I have to boot into different different Operating System's. Main Os is Ubuntu 11.10 with grub2. Each time if I reboot then I want to be able to select desired operating system to boot while remotely logged in via ssh as we do when we are physically present on that machine by moving the up down arrow keys.I want to do some thing similar via ssh or if possible by some other protocol. Is it possible some how.Is there any package available for the same? -- -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam -- 8960770858 -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
Re: choosing desired os to boot over ssh
On 11 February 2012 17:52, Tapas Mishra mightydre...@gmail.com wrote: What I am looking for is some thing like a service console similar to IDRAC of Dell Power edge (if available for Ubuntu) or any software where in Wake On Lan with a special key combination can boot my desired OS. DRAC/ILO/Similar out-of-band management options are not software as such, they are firmware which runs alongside, providing the user with a network address and capabilities for remote access. Whey you are at grub selection menu, there's no networking available yet. Look for outside-grub solutions. As mentioned, you can always boot into a small OS and initiate the next one. If all you have is a cheap off-the-shelf desktop PC with no out of band management capability, try using a networked KVM, there are stand-alone versions where you plug USB and mouse and plug it into the switch and do a remote desktop / vnc into it. If you have plenty of these desktop-servers, invest in a rackmount networked KVM, they work pretty well. -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
