Nothing to do with the thread. My daughter asked about it once a while ago, when she was reading one of your replies and it just occurred to me now to ask to see if it was a wrong setting, or intentional.
Clearly I'm not French. You'll be happy to know my kids remind me of it continually since they were about 3. The older one has mellowed out, but I suspect once the magic teenage years hit, it'll start again in earnest. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "S�bastien Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:42 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Linux Work Ugh? You talking to me? What does this have to do with the thread? And yes I can speak french...and can spell it too, maybe you could look into that ;-� Le 2 D�cembre 2002 13:12, vous avez �crit : > 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 :) > > > > > 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
