From: Tim Boyer 

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:25:28 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Tim Boyer"  wrote in message
>news:k67bb2lhpmkr6ttsfbd7tnlk86uupurbj5{at}4ax.com...
>
>> That one, I can answer.  Never.  I have never had a Linux update require,
>> request, or hint about a reboot.
>
>I don't doubt what you say but when I update the barracuda (linux based) it
>always requires a reboot.
>
>I'm guessing it depends on what's getting updated.
>
>Geo.
>

How... odd.  I can't conceive of _anything_ that would make it do that.  I
mean, to restart all the networking on a Linux system you type /etc/init.d
network restart.

Maybe a kernel rebuild every time?  But why they'd do that instead of using
loadable modules is beyond me.

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tim boyer
tim{at}denmantire.com

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