Bug#435472: linux-source-2.6.22: make booting more pleasant to debug

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Package: linux-source-2.6.22
Version: 2.6.22-1
Severity: wishlist
File: linux-source-2.6.22


for example, when you supply root= with the wrong device, the kernel
can panic.  this requires physically traveling to the box and
rebooting it, since ctrl-alt-del does not work.

is it possible for the kernel to do any or all of the following
actions instead?

	1	instead of panicking, ask the user for the correct option
	2	allow reboot, shutdown, poweroff in a menu
	3	restart boot loader
	4	allow ctrl-alt-del
	5	print the kernel command line (including the kernel location)
	6	save the command line and kernel output to a nonvolatile medium
	7	allow user notes to go to a nonvolatile medium

i am not saying any of these is possible, just that they are desirable.  also,
some of these require the boot loader's help.

in general, imho getting the kernel to work can probably be made more
pleasant.

thanks.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22myver-6-badinstall
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.22 depends on:
ii  binutils                      2.17-3     The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii  bzip2                         1.0.3-6    high-quality block-sorting file co

Versions of packages linux-source-2.6.22 recommends:
ii  gcc                         4:4.1.1-15   The GNU C compiler
ii  libc6-dev [libc-dev]        2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii  make                        3.81-2       The GNU version of the "make" util

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