Yes, but you are still missing the point. You are not running your system until you reboot and use your bootstrapped kernel. It doesn't matter if the kernel you are running from the CD is the same as the one in your /boot, you still aren't' running it. Even with user mode Linux you need to reboot the virtual machine if you upgraded the kernel. The most any Linux distro can offer you is 0 reboots *during* installation. They all will require you to reboot at the end to load your installation *fully* and it will always be this way unless the kernel developers can find a way to reload a running kernel (Not the modules, the kernel itself) similar to how you can reload init (kill -HUP 1).
Trevor > You could use user mode linux, that would work > It, in relative terms, is a kernel running sub kernels. > Not what I had in mind... but hrm. > > What I was thinking is using a basic kernel, and having that majority of > what you use as modules. Loading a kernel from a CD, Floppy, TFTP, NFS, > etc... doesn't mean anything, as long as they're the same from the > Installer and the installation. > > Pivot root, and you're good to go. > > I've installed X, and KDE in a chroot, it ran fine, I could even load > moduals. That is not all that different. > > On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 09:34:08 -0700 > Kevin Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You've got my curiosity now... >> >> How do I load a new kernel into a running system? >> >> This could be REALLY neat... >> >> Kev. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Richard Jenniss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 6:47 PM >> Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work >> >> >> > Modules, pivot_root, changing runlevels and or killing processes. >> > >> > With those combined, you could install, and use the OS without >> restarting. >> > >> > On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 01:16:24 -0700 (MST) >> > Trevor Lauder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > 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 >> > >> > >>
