est'ce que tu parle francais?

Kev.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work


> 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 :)
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> > 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
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