Re: debian kernel modifications

2001-03-22 Thread David Wright
Quoting Ron Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Debian FAQ item 7.2 says that The kernel (filesystem) in Debian GNU/Linux systems supports replacing files even while they're being used. How is this accomplished? When you, say, run a program called fred, the OS finds the inode for the file from

debian kernel modifications

2001-03-20 Thread Ron Peterson
Debian FAQ item 7.2 says that The kernel (filesystem) in Debian GNU/Linux systems supports replacing files even while they're being used. How is this accomplished? If I roll my own kernel, do I need to patch it first to support this functionality? Are there any other Debian-specific kernel

Re: debian kernel modifications

2001-03-20 Thread brian moore
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 03:18:05PM -0500, Ron Peterson wrote: Debian FAQ item 7.2 says that The kernel (filesystem) in Debian GNU/Linux systems supports replacing files even while they're being used. How is this accomplished? If I roll my own kernel, do I need to patch it first to support