well, if you don't reboot, you are still reading the kernel you booted with, so you have not yet experianced the problems you will have when ever you do reboot
On Monday 17 December 2001 13:56, you wrote: > That's the beauty of Linux. I shouldn't HAVE to reboot...right? :-) > > Fortunately, it's only a machine for me to learn the OS on, so I don't have > a problem wiping and re-installing... > > -----Original Message----- > From: David .. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 10:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake > > > > Ah so you haven't rebooted eh. Go ahead, and reboot then come back to the > list with your findings. I did the package install and it was fine for a > few > > hours, after i did the reboot, then it took the new kernel and thats when > the problems started. > > From: "Johnson, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake > >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:11:46 -0500 > > > >Hmm. I did this update some time ago via the package manager without > >problem. System has not been rebooted since...I don't think that a > > blanket DO NOT DO THIS is appropriate. Of course you must be very > > careful when doing something as drastic as updating your kernel. Just > > make sure you have > >a way out planned before-hand! > > > >-----Original Message----- > > From: David .. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 6:43 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake > > > > > > > >Just a warning to those who like using the Mandrakes Package Manager. When > >your run the check for new security patches and you see the option to > >update > > > >your kernel. DON'T! > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
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