From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out.tiscali.be (spoolo1.tiscali.be [62.235.13.210]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF154829 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 11:37:29 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <3EDA3D21.8070400@tiscali.be> Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 17:51:29 +0000 From: Joel Soete MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" Cc: Helge Deller , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] palo II References: <200306011543.59335.deller@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: >On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Helge Deller wrote: > > > >>>is there a chance that one can recover from s.t.h like this ? >>> >>>Command line for kernel: 'root=/dev/sdb3 HOME=/ TERM=linux console=ttyS0 >>>palo_kernel=3/boot/vmlinux-2.5.60-pa1' Selected kernel: >>>/boot/vmlinux-2.5.60-pa1 from partition 3 >>>ERROR: open /boot/vmlinux-2.5.60-pa1 from partition 3 failed >>> >>> >>You could boot a good kernel via tftp. That's how I test different kernels... >> >> > >not a too bad idea but that's not the problem here. > >When palo cannot open the kernel and errors out shouldn't it fall back >to the dialog and ask one to which fields to change instead of simply >running into a dead end where I think I can only recover from with >physical access to the machine ? > > > Afaik no way right now and I think it would be a good idea to open a bug report about this subject. The current palo status of is specialy anoying when you reboot a server as a N (selftest of about 1/4h) and you made some stupid typo (as you do: 60 in place of 69) . Hmm if I still have some time to have a look on this (as well as for booting a compressed kernel), which is the best 'model' (the nearest of palo) that I would have to analyse? Cheers, Joel