[Cialug] uptime

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I just confirmed this with redhat. Yes, it is true you must reboot after
a kernel update. Wow... I missed the boat on this one...


:) Dave

On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 12:12, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> I've used up2date on the RHEL machines at work and no, it doesn't force 
> you to reboot. But then the new kernel doesn't actually take effect. 
> Under Debian aptitude doesn't force me to reboot either, though it is 
> helpful enough to display a message strongly encouraging a reboot.
> 
> I used to care about uptimes, but now i keep my kernels patched instead.
> 
> On Thursday 06 July 2006 11:34, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> >After a kernel update using yum or up2date on RHEL you don't need to
> >reboot.
> >
> >:) Dave
> >
> >On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 11:20, Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> >> On Thursday 06 July 2006 10:10, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> >> >[root at www root]# uptime
> >> > 08:21:28  up 375 days, 22:35,  1 user,  load average: 0.01, 0.02,
> >> > 0.00
> >>
> >> This means your kernel hasn't been patched in over a year, right?
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