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boot alternative kernel after kernel panic

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piti

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Apr 12, 2001
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is it possible to setup lilo/grub/whatever to boot an alternative (defined) kernel image when the current one will panic, so that it's not necessary to go to the machine and choose the working kernel manually?
 
no,that's sort of the point of the boot loader, to choose from the kernel YOU want. Thus the default should be a working kernel.

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well, what if i'm working remotely on a new kernel, reboot with the new one and it ends with panic? i need to go to the hosting site, ...
or other way - how to instruct bootloader to boot other kernel than the default when i'm not directly at the computer?
 
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