Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:10:10 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net> To: Kris Kirby <kris@hiwaay.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server Farms? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005100907580.4187-100000@search.sparks.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005091734290.80611-100000@barricuda.bsd.nws.net>
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On Tue, 9 May 2000, Kris Kirby wrote: > > > 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 > :-) That's cheating:) More importantly, it only works with manual intervention, something hard to come by on a server farm. I'll have to remember this for my home system tho..... --- David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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