Re: [techtalk] uptimes ... ;)

2001-05-28 Thread sara ruohotie
> actually, nowadays SUNs are bootable without loosing uptime. it's > really weird, but i guess that's a nice feature, but it requires some > kind of magic before booting. err, something made me hit 'send' before finishing the email. in our tech-section we have this joke about booting suns w

Re: [techtalk] uptimes ... ;)

2001-05-28 Thread sara ruohotie
> To answer your question. > There is no way to upgrade a kernel without rebooting the machine. actually, nowadays SUNs are bootable without loosing uptime. it's really weird, but i guess that's a nice feature, but it requires some kind of magic before booting. sara

Re: [techtalk] uptimes ... ;)

2001-05-27 Thread James Sutherland
On Sun, 27 May 2001, Almut Behrens wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 11:09:13AM +0100, James Sutherland wrote: > > > > LOL! You could try porting the login script my friend has - it tracks the > > top 10 uptimes on the network, and this machine's position in the chart. > > The highest listed is sli

Re: [techtalk] uptimes ... ;)

2001-05-27 Thread bill t
To answer your question. There is no way to upgrade a kernel without rebooting the machine. My firewall has been up 127 days. Its not connected to a UPS though and the last three times it went down was a power failure. I use the power failures (about once every four months) as excuses to do mai

[techtalk] uptimes ... ;)

2001-05-27 Thread Almut Behrens
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 11:09:13AM +0100, James Sutherland wrote: > > LOL! You could try porting the login script my friend has - it tracks the > top 10 uptimes on the network, and this machine's position in the chart. > The highest listed is slightly under 203 days, on a 2.0 kernel; no 2.4 > box