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

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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.
> >
>
>
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