On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:03:33AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:08:53AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello > > Is there a way to test or check the boot process without actually booting ? > > Because rebooting a remotely hosted server without any garanty that it > > will be able to start, is a bit like russian roulet... one time it > > reboots one time it doesn't and if it doesn't nothing else can be done > > except starting the box with a floppy or a live cd to try to find the > > problem's cause which is rather difficult on a distant machine. > > I don't think so. > > But you can have a look at the alternative ramdisk-generator yaird. It > makes most decisions at ramdisk build time rather than at boot time like > the standard tool, initramfs-tools. The idea is to fail at kernel > instal/update time in case of trouble, rather than creating a ticking > bomb on your system: Usually you have better time to resolve problems > while upgrading packages than when booting the machines.
yaird breaks on every upgrade and has several troubles. please don't advertise it as it doesn't help at all. > As an added bonus the generated ramdisks are quite small, as they only > contain enough to reestablish the same root filesystem as was active at > ramdisk build time. they lack several things and aren't that small. kexec is worth a look. kexec allows you to bypass bios, but test on your local box first. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
