[plug] kernel panic tip

Bernard Blackham bernard at blackham.com.au
Fri Jan 2 00:20:24 WST 2004


Something I just discovered that might be useful for those with
shaky servers or hard-to-access machines. If you specify panic=<x>
on the commandline where x is some positive integer, then if your
machine should ever panic, it will reboot after x seconds.

Some may argue that if the machine panics then there's probably
something quite seriously wrong that needs attention. But if it's a
machine that sits in a hidden corner and you really don't want to
have to go find it... well, it might save some heartache to someone :)

Bernard.

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 Bernard Blackham <bernard at blackham dot com dot au>



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