[ale] Kernal / NAT question

[Geoffrey]

George Johnson wrote:
> Recently our firewall went down and it took several days to get it back up
> and running.  Thus is the way it is at our company.  I have the address to
> get around the firewall to gain access to our nework but there is only 1 or
> 2 addresses that we can use in this manner.  I want to set up a NAT in the
> office to allow all to get around on one address.  Is it possible to set up
> 2 kernals on one Linux system and simply boot to the NAT kernal only when it
> is needed without needing to do anything else but simply boot to it and I am
> done?

Sure, I do this all the time when I build a new kernel.  I keep the old 
one around to insure that I can still boot my machine in the event 
there's a problem with the new kernel.  You just need to make sure that 
you properly update your boot manager.

> 
> George
> 
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