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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released

Posted Apr 10, 2007 20:18 UTC (Tue) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released by ssavitzky
Parent article: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released

No need to reboot it, unless you need to upgrade the kernel. (You probably can't run udev unless you do, but that matters less on a router than on an end-user box.)


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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released

Posted Apr 12, 2007 4:26 UTC (Thu) by ssavitzky (subscriber, #2855) [Link]

Doing the dist-upgrade from sarge to etch installs udev and replaces your kernel. Basically, you *have* to reboot at some point. It will, of course, let you continue running with no installable modules that match your kernel, and you might get away with it for a while. But it's pretty iffy. I don't want to destabilize my router, and there's no good reason to at this point.

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