From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 9 16:34:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from server1.huntsvilleal.com (server1.huntsvilleal.com [63.147.8.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C43637B918; Tue, 9 May 2000 16:34:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@hiwaay.net) Received: from barricuda.bsd.nws.net (kris.huntsvilleal.com [63.147.8.46]) by server1.huntsvilleal.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA05453; Tue, 9 May 2000 18:12:04 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by barricuda.bsd.nws.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA97069; Tue, 9 May 2000 17:35:33 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kris@hiwaay.net) Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 17:35:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Kris Kirby To: Kris Kennaway Cc: David Miller , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Server Farms? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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 :-) ----- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. | ------------------------------------------------------- "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message