(I do not have a remote power on/off switch. The driver panics so often that somebody has to babysit the machine to switch it off and on.)
why not try user-mode-linux user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net It will allow you to run kernel from usermode, and if the kernel panics you can always restart it. -- wbr, Alex -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/