IMHO "remote console"/"network console" [exists on most of the modern
servers] provides the most reliable solution for remote management.
Vitaly
PS: Probably I missed something and someone already suggested this
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Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
Actually, on a prodction server (or some embedded systems even) what you
really want to do in case of a kernel panic is not to reboot , but rather to
log the panic and THEN reboot so that you can have a good idea on what caused
the problem without booting again and loosin
Actually, on a prodction server (or some embedded systems even) what you
really want to do in case of a kernel panic is not to reboot , but rather to
log the panic and THEN reboot so that you can have a good idea on what caused
the problem without booting again and loosing the all important 5
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
It doesn't have this feature
Are you saying that grub's "fallback" does not work?
Reading the docs, this should not work. "Fallback" i
Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>
> >Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
>
> >> It doesn't have this feature
>
> >Are you saying that grub's "fallback" does not work?
> >
>
> Reading the docs, this should not work. "Fallback" is good for a
> sit
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
It doesn't have this feature
Are you saying that grub's "fallback" does not work?
Reading the docs, this should not work. "Fallback" is good for a
situation where either the kernel, initrd or root device cannot be found
Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Shaul Karl wrote:
>
> > Nice. Does grub has an equivalent for Shachar's lilo -D/-R?
>
> Grub is a great boot loader. It is very strong, but it has two missing
> features that LILO has, that make it totally inapropriate for server
> use.
>
> It does
Shaul Karl wrote:
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 01:23:35PM +0300, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
bootparam(7) mentiones both 'panic=N' on the command line and
/proc/sys/kernel/panic. I never used this myself.
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Didi
Nice. Does grub has an equivalent for Shachar's lilo -D/-R?
Grub is a great boot
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 03:06:34PM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote:
> On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 01:23:35PM +0300, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
> > bootparam(7) mentiones both 'panic=N' on the command line and
> > /proc/sys/kernel/panic. I never used this myself.
> > --
> > Didi
>
>
> Nice. Does grub has an
Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
bootparam(7) mentiones both 'panic=N' on the command line and
/proc/sys/kernel/panic. I never used this myself.
Thanks Did, Meir. That did the trick beutifully, plus I'm now aware of
"man bootparam".
Shachar
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting
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On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 01:23:35PM +0300, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
> bootparam(7) mentiones both 'panic=N' on the command line and
> /proc/sys/kernel/panic. I never used this myself.
> --
> Didi
Nice. Does grub has an equivalent for Shachar's lilo -D/-R?
--
"If you have an apple and I have
In embedded systems, the need to reboot on panic (or more correct, when
the system gets stuck) exists.
It is being met by watchdog timers, which cause reset unless the
software resets them frequently enough. Several microcontrollers
implement watchdog timers.
If other people haven't fo
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 12:56:47PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
>
> What I'm looking for is a kernel command option (I can put it in
> lilo.conf) that tells it "if you panic, just reboot". This will save me
> the phone call in the middle, and yeild much more robust behaviour.
>
> Anyone know o
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 12:56:47PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a mechanism that will allow me to have a kernel
> automatically reboot on panic?
>
> When remote upgrading a kernel, the most common problems have to do with
> either in
bootparam(7) mentiones both 'panic=N' on the command line and
/proc/sys/kernel/panic. I never used this myself.
--
Didi
On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 12:56:47PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a mechanism that will allow me to have a kernel
> a
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On Saturday 01 May 2004 09:56, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a mechanism that will allow me to have a kernel
> automatically reboot on panic?
>
> When remote upgrading a kernel, the most common problems have to do wi
Hi all,
Does anyone know of a mechanism that will allow me to have a kernel
automatically reboot on panic?
When remote upgrading a kernel, the most common problems have to do with
either initrd creation or some other form of not finding the root
partition. Once the root partition is mounted
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