The answer to the original question is still no. According to what I read on those links, User-Mode-Linux offers you a sandbox/virtual machine environment. In order to actually put the kernel into full system use, you'd still have to reboot the machine. And in order to even use the new kernel in a particular virtual machine you'd still need to "reboot" the virtual machine's local environment.
Ian Firla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > 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 > > 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 > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org, or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
