Re: Install new kernel without reboots.

[Omar Kilani]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have heard it is possible to change the kernel without reboots.
> And I am not talking about UML.
> 
> Is it true? I could not find any documents on the web.
> 
> Regards,
> Maciej
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As well as kexec, maybe you want to look at the "two kernel monte".
This is what Scyld Beowulf uses to do single kernel image distribution.
Not sure what it's status is for 2.4, though. I'm only using it on 2.2.

Regards,
Omar Kilani

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