Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:03:31 +0200 (EET) | From | Andi Gutmans <> | Subject | Re: How to change a kernel panic to reboot |
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Yeah,
pass panic=n to the kernel where n is the amount of seconds to reboot after the panic. usually something between 20-60 i think
Andi
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Scott J. Ellentuch wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm having a problem with a 1.2.13 system in a place that I can't > get to, and the people there aren't too bright (Not to mention there is no > monitor or keyboard on it!). > > Recently the system appears to kernel panic and lock up. I'm > not surewhy, but its probably a disk problem. Anyway, the system ends > up hung and someone needs to identify it and reboot. (Strange occurance > last night..... Locked at 11:30 and then came back by itself at 2:30 with > alot of tcp bogon errors). Is there a patch I can make to the kernel so > that instead of a panic it will go a complete reboot? > > I'm rebuilidng the machine on new hardware and 2.0.22 so the fix > doesn't need to be pretty. I'm no kernel hacker though. > > Thanks, Tuc > -- > "Over the UUCP link, out the ethernet, through the media converter, down > the fiber, off a router, down the 56K, past my ISP...nothing but Net" - > with poetic license from Dave Owen of IBM >
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