On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 11:03:35PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 10:52:50PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > this uses the first stanza in the /boot/grub/menu.lst as the default > > parameters. I installed a new kernel, then uses this shell script. Then > > the xserver restarted and I was back in my display manager and after I > > did a 'uname -a', I had a new kernel in about one minute. Which would > > have happended in a regular reboot but it misses going through the bios > > and doing an actual /sbin/reboot. You need the kexec-tools package. Then > > I was about to remove my previous linux-image packages. > > I hope it doesn't reset your uptime. Just think, one could have an > uptime measuring years while also having kernel updates! I just checked and it seems the uptime is intact, cool. -Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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