XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: tom_shelton@comcast.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro explained :   
   > In message , Ezekiel wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"  wrote in message   
   >> news:ik4fpe$8ak$2@lust.ihug.co.nz...   
   >>   
   >>> In message ,   
   >>> Justin wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Two god damn hours to install SP1?  Good God, Microsoft is honestly   
   >>>> trying to piss off their customers.   
   >>>   
   >>> And you can't even continue doing work while the update is installing.   
   >>> Unlike Unix/Linux systems, Windows won't let you replace files that are   
   >>> curently in use by a running process. So you have to stop everything   
   >>> until the update is done.   
   >>   
   >> "You have to stop everything..." is simply a lie. You can continue doing   
   >> whatever and any files that are in-use will get replaced after the next   
   >> reboot.   
   >   
   > In other words, in Windows, the update has to be suspended and continued   
   > after the reboot, adding to the time it takes. That adds to your downtime.   
   >   
      
   No... the update is not supsended.  The update continues to run - the   
   files that were locked simply aren't copied into place until on the   
   reboot.   
      
   >>> Even Linux updates that require a reboot only need downtime for the   
   >>> actual reboot, not for the installation of the update.   
   >>   
   >> So in both cases you end up rebooting.   
   >   
   > The downtime in Linux is only for the duration of a normal reboot, not for   
   > the installation of any part of the update.   
   >   
      
   blah, blah, blah...  There is no down time while the update is running.   
      
   >> Some files are copied before the reboot - others after the reboot. It's a   
   >> distinction without a practical difference.   
   >   
   > Linux does ALL the installation and replacement of files BEFORE the reboot.   
   > That’s the distinction that makes the real difference.   
      
   Not really, no.  Just because some files are cached and actually moved   
   into place on the reboot, does not mean you have downtime while the   
   update is running.   
      
   It's a difference, without much of a distinction really.   
      
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