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From: mjt on 27 Jul 2010 14:03
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:11:05 +0200
houghi <houghi(a)houghi.org.invalid> wrote:

> I knew I was running Firefox 3, but when this tread came up I had to
> look, because I had no idea if it was 3.0 or 3.1415 or 3.99 or
> whatever.

I don't have it memorized either, I have to
fire up the "About" box.

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From: David Bolt on 27 Jul 2010 17:01
On Tuesday 27 Jul 2010 14:00, while playing with a tin of spray paint,
houghi painted this mural:

> David Bolt wrote:
>> You're not imagining it. It uses kexec to swap kernels and reboot
>> faster. A quick Google shows this:
>>
>> <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=785347>
>>
>> which I think I'll try out to see if I can use it for faster reboots :)
>
> Ah yes. That is mainly used, so you can do a reboot from e.g. 11.3 to
> 11.2 and selecting to boot to 11.2 in 11.3

Or just swapping between kernels, or rebooting faster to keep the
up-time down, or several other uses.

> Talking about reboots: Ever looked at /etc/sysconfig/bootloader an the
> values CYCLE_DETECTION and CYCLE_NEXT_ENTRY ? That should get you
> through reboots if reboots go wrong or something.

No, I hadn't. I had messed about with the grub fallback option, but
every time I have used it required a rescue CD to be able to get grub
to boot properly again. I'll have a look at that as well, just to see
if that works, and what it does as well.

> In YaST, System, /etc/sysconfig Editor, System, Bootloader

Thanks.


Regards,
David Bolt

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