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Re: Upgrading kernels...



On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 09:50:26AM -0800, Vince Hillier wrote:
> I recall a couple of years ago hearing about loading new kernel
> without actually rebooting.  But it was new then, and you actually did
> have to reboot, it just skipped the POST and what not.
> 
> Has anything been done in this area since then?  I would like to keep
> my uptimes, but kernel upgrades are becoming very imminent.

Donald Becker wrote 'two-kernel monte' which does this sort of thing,
but since the new kernel has new interfaces and overwrites the previous
ones' data space, you'll lose all counters (including uptime).

-rob

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