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Re: Test booting kernel for one boot only (Was: Testing a 5.0 kernel remotely (Dedibox FWIW))

To: David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: Test booting kernel for one boot only (Was: Testing a 5.0 kernel remotely (Dedibox FWIW))
From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:56:40 +0200

On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:03:45PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> I don't know of such a facility in NetBSD, though it would be a
> welcome feature.

Some ports do support it: shutdown -b netbsd.test -r now

Needs cooperation from the firmware/bootloader, arch dependend support
is pretty limmited right now.

Martin

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- Test booting kernel for one boot only (Was: Testing a 5.0 kernel remotely (Dedibox FWIW))
  - From: David Brownlee

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