Switch kernel versions without a reboot!

[Kostas Pipilas]

Michalis Kabrianis wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 15 May 2001 00:33:33 +0300
> Kostas Pipilas <pilotos at hellug.gr> wrote:
> 
> > Exei dokimasei kaneis sthn lista to "two kernel monte"?
> 
> Egw oxi.
> 
> > Einai enan kernel module poy soy epitrepei na fortoneis
> > ena allo kernel image sth RAM eno trexei o hdh yparxon
> > kai epeita o kainoyrios pyrhnas 8a arxisei na fortonei
> > to systhma xoris na kaneis reboot!(prepei na einai kati
> > paromoio me ayto poy kanei to loadlin kato apo to dos).
> 
> Kati eixa diabasei gi ayto kapote nomizw, kai to eixa brei eksairetika
> endiaferon.
> Nomiza oti epaize ws ideati mixani, gia debugging drivers klp. Ayto pou
> les (na kanei unload ton palio pirina kai na "analabei" o kainourios an
> katalaba kala, xwris reboot) mou fainetai apo dyskolo ews adynato gia tin
> arxitektoniki sxediasi tou Linux, alla pali, den eimai kai i pio
> aksiopisti pigi gia to sygkekrimeno thema (enas sic tropos gia na pw
> "eimai asxetos").
> 
> An matheis kati, tha me endiefere ena review stin lista, akoma kalytera,
> an einai megalytero, ena arthro sto Magaz.

Epeidh molis to ema8a kai ego eipa oti den katalaba kala
kai den ginetai ayto, to epsaxsa perissotero kai trela8hka!
Epeidh exo ma8ei arketa pragmata gi ayto, alla einai ligo 
mperdemena sto myalo moy, desmeyomai gia ena ar8ro sto epomeno
magaz opoy sigoura 8a exo xeka8arisei arketes leptomereies.
O kodikas pantos poy xrhsimopoiei einai kapos anakatomenos.
Ap' oti leei ypostirizontai mono 2.2.x kai 2.3.x kernels alla
nomizo oti ayto ftiaxnetai.
O idios eipe oti h olh idea prohl8e apo kati typoys poy
8eloyn na katarghsoyn sthn ousia to BIOS kai ta panta na 
ginontai apo to linux.(http://www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios)

PS. Mia efarmogh toy "two kernel monte" : bootareis ena
network enabled kernel o opoios "bgazei ektos" ena phryna
apo ena server kai meta xrhsimopoieis "two kernel monte"
kai bootareis apo ton kainoyrio. Etsi mporeis na diaxirizesai
ena cluster kentrika apo ena server!

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Kostas Pipilas <pilotos at hellug.gr>