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From: Eli H. <el...@se...> - 2006-10-24 14:49:20
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Frank, On Tuesday 24 October 2006 04:52, Frank Weis wrote: [snip] > > I then create a new grub entry that selects the new > (vmlinuz, initrd.gz, bootcd.iso, etc.tar.bz2) set using the handy > DL_config and DL_device command-line args. If all goes well, I copy > everything in place and go back to normal. If the upgrade should fail > (hasn't happened yet) I'd need to talk a local guy through hooking up a > keyboard/monitor, and selecting the old grub entry. > > Frank Have you tried GRUB's boot once or fallback options to test your remote upgrades? It might save you from needing the remote hands -- except maybe to just push the reset button. http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-once_002donly.html http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Booting-fallback-systems.html -Eli |