Sat, 31 Dec 2005
Reboot after kernel panic in Linux
Sometimes it’s better to reboot after a kernel panic instead of dumping to
console and waiting for the admin to go to the colocation facility and reboot
the machine. The Linux sysctl kernel.panic lets you specify the number of
seconds after a panic until a hard reboot. For example, to reboot 5 seconds
after a panic, put this line into /etc/sysctl.conf:
kernel.panic = 5
To load your change, run sysctl -p as root.