RapidReboot and kexec

Phillip Susi psusi at cfl.rr.com
Wed Sep 13 21:30:15 BST 2006


Actually on windows, you simply CAN'T replace a shared library that is 
in use, which is why a reboot is required: the file is replaced during 
the next boot.

Jan Claeys wrote:
> 
> It's mostly the same for Windows, and I'm pretty sure MS asks the user
> to reboot just to be sure, and because it's way to complicated to e.g.
> detect all applications (including third-party ones) that depend on a
> replaced MSIE DLL and request the user to restart all of them.
> 
> 




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