Yes, we already agreed that you can run the system just fine like this. The point still remains that you have not booted your installed kernel :)
> What the Caldera distro does (used to?) is since the installer uses the > same kernel, once installation was done it would simply change runlevel > and you'd be done, no rebooting. The only difference is that the > kernel was loaded off the cd instead of the hard disk, which makes 0 > difference when the system is running. > > > Le 2 D�cembre 2002 11:28, vous avez �crit : >> 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
