Well, yes and no. This just in:
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/ and the discussion on /. http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/09/12/236213&mode=thread&tid=106 Ian ------------ Dr Ian Firla Robert Graves Trust | "A partial count of the software available St John's College, Oxford | in just one noncommerical Linux system OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565 | would have cost about $1.9 billion to develop http://www.robertgraves.org | ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce Perens On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Mike Burger wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
