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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:12:12 +0100 (IST)
From: Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie>
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Subject: Re: Switching Kernels without Rebooting?
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Helge Hafting wrote:

> That seems completely out of question.  The structures a 2.4.7
> kernel understands might be insufficient to express the setup
> a future 2.6.9 kernel is using to do its stuff better.

however, it might be handy if say you needed to upgrade a stable
kernel due to a bug fix or security update.

no?

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