Jason Thorpe writes:
> 	(b) actually work as you intend.  (My SCSI card example has the
> 	    potential to still wedge a machine solid, even with your
> 	    suggested sysctl kludge, so why is it any better?)

You can pull the SCSI card, boot with just the ethernet, and download
the sets over the ethernet. Then you build a custom kernel and put the 
SCSI card back.

.pm