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Re: uptime



on Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 11:29:21PM -0400, dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 05:16:37AM +0200, Martin F Krafft wrote:
> | also sprach Jason Boxman (on Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:22:26PM -0400):
> | > Dude, what kernel version is on those?!
> | 
> | > > piper:/var/log# uptime
> | > > 16:58:42 up 854 days, 11:46, 67 users, load average: 0.05, 0.05, 0.01
> | 
> | 2.0.22
> | 
> | > > titan:~# uptime
> | > > 11:06am up 1556 day(s), 4:30, 113 users, load average: 0.06, 0.13, 0.11
> | 
> | 2.0.38
> | 
> | these machines are around: piper as a modem/fax server, and piper as a
> | print server. work just fine. :)
> 
> The next killer-feature would be the ability to upgrade the kernel
> while it is running without losing the uptime.  :-).

Two-kernel monty allows you to boot a kernel from within a running
GNU/Linux session, though all session timers restart.  This is a feature
of the LNX-BBC (http://www.lnxbbc.org/), and yes, I was the one who
asked the question at the BayLISA presentation of same.

You'd have to somehow feed an uptime value to the new kernel to actually
carry uptime forward.  Again, it would be something of a fib.

Peace.

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