It's not possible. The kernel is the main component of the OS that resides in memory. In order to load a new kernel into memory, you must first unload the old kernel. The only way to unload the old kernel is to shut the system down and restart it with the new kernel.
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Shane C Branch wrote: > Just wondering if this is possible, and if so how difficult is this to > do? I know many commercial sites cannot afford downtime so this would be > a good option for them. > > As for me, I just think it would be interesting to try. I just > recompiled from the 2.4.4 to 2.4.19, and lost my 169 days of uptime due > to the reboot. > _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
