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Autor: Arnt Karlsen
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Temat: Re: [DNG] Installing without rebooting
On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:30:17 +0100, Alessandro wrote in message
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> On 20/12/18 at 15:32, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:59:35 +1100, Ralph wrote in message
> > <c8fde44f-6df4-4e28-08a5-059b978878de@???>:
> >
> >> There is this notion of "kexec boot"; I've never tried it, but it's
> >> documentation claims "kexec is a system call that enables you to
> >> load and boot into another kernel from the currently running
> >> kernel."
> >>
> >> Maybe it comes with too many ifs and buts to be a viable approach.
> >>
> >> Ralph.
> > ..I used to "kexec reboot" a lot in my pre-systemd Debian days,
> > AFAIR, bought me nice long uptimes with new kernels. ;o)
>
>
>   AFAIR, uptime is not maintained through a kexec.


..I agree it shouldn't be, and I'm not sure what went wrong, it's like
10 years ago, but I do have the hardware in one of my 3 20-feeters and
I need a lawsuit win in mid february to find a place to live and
reproduce this bug.

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