Re: [CentOS] upgrade question. - when to reboot

Michael Simpson wrote: > if you really have to have as perfect an uptime as possible then you > can actually patch a running kernel using ksplice > > > > should only be used for critical security updates but useful nonetheless > > mike > ___

Re: [CentOS] upgrade question. - when to reboot

On 1/15/09, Kenneth Burgener wrote: > On 1/9/2009 9:49 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > If a hard reboot is what you are attempting to avoid, with 'kexec' even > the Linux kernel can be "reloaded" without a hardware reset. This is > convenient if you want to avoid the long system reset time. > > "Kexe

Re: [CentOS] upgrade question. - when to reboot

On 1/9/2009 9:49 AM, Robert Nichols wrote: > Brian wrote: > >> Is there a list of packages that after update require a reboot, other then >> kernel? >> > For updates other than the kernel, there is almost always an answer > short of a full reboot. But, finding that answer and being 100% >