On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
> It's more a philosophy/history thing... maybe 2 factors at work. On older
> Unix kernels you don't change parameters of a running system. Linux can
> do it quite easily but I think there's still a stigma which says if ya
> gotta muck with parameters, do it once at boot time and don't touch it.
It's more than just a philosophical thing. Unix systems tend to stay up
forever, often through several generations of contractors. If you make
changes on a production system, and you don't test the startup script by
rebooting after each change, you'll likely have a huge disaster on your
hands when you eventually do have to reboot.
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