With something called 'monty' you can change the running kernel without
even rebooting. (but use with care as it may hang your PC, sometimes)
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
> Mrinal Kalakrishnan proclaimed:
> > You mean you don't even need to reboot once to upgrade distributions?
> > This is good stuff....
>
> If I had not upgraded the kernel a reboot would not have been necessary. I
> upgraded the kernel from 2.2.5 to 2.2.17-pre. And rebooted. But the new
> tulip drivers did not work with my NIC card. So I had to go back and forth
> between the two kernels while I figured out what the problem was. Finally
> decided to stay with the older kernel for a while.
>
> Thaths
> --
> Homer: And, these Hardy Boys books are great, too! This one's about
> smugglers!
> Bart: They're all about smugglers.
> Homer: No, not this one! "The Smugglers of Pirate Cove". It's about
> pirates.
> Sudhakar C13n http://www.aunet.org/thaths/ Lead Indentured Slave
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