Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work

[timmy]

Load a new kernel onto a running system.. as in not reboot? I don't beleive this is possible with Linux, though Solaris has the option to "hot patch" the kernel, so no reboot is required to activate.

I don't think Linux has this capability yet, though I could be wrong.

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:34:08 -0700, Kevin Anderson wrote:

>You've got my curiosity now...
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>How do I load a new kernel into a running system?
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>This could be REALLY neat...
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>Kev.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Jenniss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 6:47 PM
>Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work
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>> Modules, pivot_root, changing runlevels and or killing processes.
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>> With those combined, you could install, and use the OS without restarting.
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>> On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 01:16:24 -0700 (MST)
>> Trevor Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> > Comparing windows to Gentoo is not fair at all to Linux. Gentoo
>compiles
>> > itself as it installs. You can't say that Linux reboots once during
>> > install either. This d
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