RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Is it possible to select specific kernel image for reboot?

[darin_ext@darinsmith.net]

You might consider using grub instead of lilo.  With grub, you don't have
to remember to run a command after modifying the boot list.  You should
be able to accomplish this in a pretty clean manner that way.  You could
even have a symbolic link named vmlinuz.active that you just point to whatever
kernel you want to use.  Make vmlinuz.active the default target for grub,
and all you'll have to do is change the link and reboot.

Darin


>-- Original Message --
>Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 11:11:57 -0500
>From: Stephen Klein <jaguar at imagin.net>
>To: "discuss at ntlug.org" <discuss at ntlug.org>
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Is it possible to select specific kernel image
for
>	reboot?
>Reply-To: NTLUG Discussion List <discuss at ntlug.org>
>
>
>Does anyone know if there is a less round about way of specifying a
>kernel image other than the default to use when doing a remote reboot,
>as opposed to doing some trickery with lilo.conf.
>
>It's just something I'm wondering about, and could be potentially handy
>when doing remote management for headless servers.
>
>I vaguely remember hearing something about an effort to make it possible
>to do a halfway reboot, but instead of going back to the BIOS, it just
>restarts a new kernel image as if a full soft boot had just occured. 
>Although, this isn't exactly what I have in mind.
>
>Or is there some way to leave a flag of somesort for lilo to select a
>specific kernel image.
>
>I know I can work it by changing the default kernel in lilo.conf and
>then running lilo to write the boot loader config to disk, but that's a
>lot of hassle and it's easy to forget to run lilo before issuing the
>reboot command.  It's also easy to forget to put it back after the new
>image is fully running (for instant fallback reasons).
>
>I guess I want to know because it is one of those "whatever reason I can
>come up with" type things.  Or is it one of those, "because it's neat"
>things?
>
>Thanks,
>Stephen Klein
>
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