Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 14:03:09 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.atinc.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MIT SHM X11 extensions? (fwd) Message-ID: <7221.792108189@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Feb 95 10:59:11 EST." <Pine.3.89.9502061021.F3332-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
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> mv breaks the connection between the pathname "/386bsd" and the > kernel process in memory. cp does not. most of the time this doesnt > matter. but if the kernel (virtual memory system) decides to get kernel > pages from disk or swap, after you put the new kernel into "/" and before Uhhhhhhh.. The kernel reads itself in from this file a grand total of ONCE. What happens to the file afterwards is between you and the system administrator who comes to kill you after the new /kernel you've moved into place doesn't work at the next reboot.. :-) Jordan
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