Re: Upgrading Kernel Remotely

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 08:08:15 -0700
"Eric Robinson" <eric{nospam}@pmcipa.com> wrote:

I managed to do it last night and it worked. I used a grub technique
that configures the new kernel as a tentative default but provides
automatic failback to the previous kernel if necessary. Worked like a
champ!


Awesome, I didn't know you could do that. Would you mind
briefly explaining how you set that up?

Thanks,
slick_shoes
.

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