Subject: Re: '/dev/reload'
To: seebs@plethora.net, David Forbes <dmf20@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
From: Segmentation Violation. Core dumped. <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/08/1999 10:10:13
seebs@plethora.net sez:
/*
* >I'm assuming that a reboot would cause the machine to revert to it's
* >normal kernel?
*
* That's my understanding. The other nice thing is that you can skip 30 seconds
* or so of BIOS probing and fussing. :)
*
* -s
*/
...unless the device layout changes for some reason, but presumably one
does not cause this to happen while the machine is running.
[NEVER do a probe-scsi while you're in the midst of a compile. :-)]
--*greywolf;
--
Greywolf's postulate #1:
If your OS and/or machine absolutely cannot autoboot without manual
intervention, it isn't worth jack.
-- from the notebooks of another heretic.