6.1 upgrade and kernel boot

[lepman]

Hi,

I've got an Untangle box running 6.02 with no keyboard, mouse, or monitor attached (it's at a remote location). I'm wondering about the statement on the 6.1 change log indicating, "6.1 runs on a new kernel (2.6.26)
* Upgrades will get the new kernel but continue to boot the old kernel until the new one is explicitly chosen. "

Since I don't have a console display and the box is at a remote location, will the system keep choosing the old kernel on reboot and if so, would this harm the system? How could I get it to boot the new kernel?

Thanks....

[dmorris]

you need a keyboard and mouse to tell it to use the new kernel.
theres no big reason to run the new kernel unless your hardware isn't supported.

[WebFooL]

Hi,
Can't he edit grub to boot on the new kernel thrue SSH?

Grub menu file is located at

/boot/grub/menu.lst

and then hope that the hardware is supported.

[far182]

Hi,
Can't he edit grub to boot on the new kernel thrue SSH?

Grup menu file is located at

/boot/grub/menu.lst

and then hope that the hardware is supported.

I would love confirmation on this. I would like to give it a try.

[WebFooL]

To change the Default boot
Run

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

You are looking for this line:

# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default saved

Change it to:

default 0

with 0 meaning the first entry in grub , the next one 1, next one 2 and so on.

After one Reboot Change it back to

default saved

and it should reboot with the new kernel all the time.

[far182]

To change the Default boot
open

/boot/grub/menu.lst

You are looking for this line:


Change it to:


with 0 meaning the first entry in grub , the next one 1, next one 2 and so on.

After one Reboot Change it back to
and it should reboot with the new kernel all the time.

I did this and it seemed to work fine. I ran a Uname -a and it says 5.0. Correct?

[wharfratjoe]

Thanks for the info. I followed the info above via ssh and it worked for me:

before the change:
Linux irv-fw 2.6.22-15-untangle #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 20 10:11:30 PDT 2008 i686

after the change and reboot):
Linux irv-fw 2.6.26-1-untangle-686 #1 SMP Tue Jan 27 17:51:54 PST 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

I changed it back to default saved, rebooted again to verify...all is good

Linux irv-fw 2.6.26-1-untangle-686 #1 SMP Tue Jan 27 17:51:54 PST 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

[xscapee1]

I tried that and I get an access denied on the /boot directory through both ssh and the console. My system just upgraded from 6.02 to 6.1 the other night. I used to have no problem accessing the system through SSH as root. Now I can't. Is there something I am missing?

[WebFooL]

Try

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

[xscapee1]

Much better. Thank you WebFooL.