Re: colo fallback? (is: Installing Debian on a Qube 1)
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 01:25:14AM +0100, Martin B?hr wrote:
>
> is this the right place to ask for help with colo too?
> is it possible to construct a colo setup where colo boots an alternative
> kernel if the selected one fails?
>
> i'd like to do something like this:
> -execute
> onfail 1f
>
> @lcd 'loading backup'
> ...
>
No, this would only load the backup if the first kernel is not a valid
ELF image (or is too big etc).
> i don't know if it is possible to have colo monitor the boot process and
> abort it it fails to work. this would be nice for remote kernel upgrades
>
I can't think of any way to do it, sorry. You really want some kind of
watchdog functionality in the kernel.
P.
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