[LinuxBIOS] reliable boot loader

Uwe Hermann uwe at hermann-uwe.de
Fri Mar 30 15:17:49 CEST 2007


On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:02:09PM +0100, Capt Beany wrote:
> Following a failed kernel upgrade of a remote linux
> box im looking for a replacement to my current boot
> loader (GRUB) that will fall back to a previous kernel
> if the new one is corrupt and was wondering if filo
> could fit the bill (either as is or with some changes)
> ?

GRUB can do that just fine if you leave your old vmlinuz and initrd
files in place (in addition to the new ones)... Am I missing something?


Uwe.
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