Which would be REALLY cool. I'd guess this would wreak havoc with the various other running services, so it might not be overly useful, but still... It's a neat idea.
Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:28 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work > 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 > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > >
