Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Scott J. Ellentuch" <> | Subject | Re: How to change a kernel panic to reboot | Date | Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:22:38 -0500 (EST) |
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In Andi Gutmans' own words (And I ">_") : > > 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 > This seems to only be for the 2.0 and higher systems. I looked at the 2.0 code and they call hard_reboot_now. If I extern'd it and put it before the for(;;), would that solve my problems? Anyone?
Thanks, Tuc
> 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
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