Serious problem

[Hendrik Visage]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 01:05:49PM -0600, Jon S. wrote:
> Lilo can actually do that using lilo -R <new image> (leaving your old
> kernel as default) and if it fails, it goes back to the the default
> image. This is why I prefer lilo over grub right now, as I don't know of
> a grub equivalent. I use this all the time on a dedicated machine that I
> only have ssh access to; very helpful for kernel upgrades.

The lilo method is clean I must admit, however, I believe it would be possible with grub if you do some chained booting etc.-