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Date:      Tue, 9 May 2000 17:35:33 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@hiwaay.net>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Server Farms?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005091734290.80611-100000@barricuda.bsd.nws.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005091521180.44035-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>

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> > related patches and secondly stability related changes.  It would be
> > really nice to seperate them into those which require relinking/rebooting
> > and those which don't.
> 
> Well, basically the only time you need to reboot a FreeBSD box is to
> install a new kernel.
> 
> Anything else can be fixed online, although it might be easier for some
> things just to reboot and let it happen by magic.

An alternative to a full-reboot is to "shutdown now" and then hit CTRL-D
at the password prompt / shell path. You get to keep your uptime this way
:-)

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Kris Kirby, KE4AHR          | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
<kris@nospam.hiwaay.net>    |    
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