Grub (and LILO too for that matter) has a useful ‘failsafe’ feature that can be configured. This proves especially useful for remote kernel upgrades, where a failed boot will render your machine offline and unavailable.
Here is my standard grub config. I have just added my new 2.6.28 kernel.
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Tags: 2.6.18, 2.6.28, boot, color, debian, default, failsafe, grub, initrd, kernel, kernel panic, kernel upgrade, network interface, panic, reboot, root, title, uname
I haven’t been doing much custom kernel building lately. I find that the only kernels I change are those on my VM host machines, and/or using apt-get for a general upgrade.
Nevertheless, here’s how I go about building my custom kernels for VM host machines running debian etch, using 2.6.18 of course:
Tags: Adams Custom Kernel, apt-get, boot, Custom Kernel, debian, grub, kernel upgrade, Linux, make