Hello, Le 22/03/2012 20:14, Marti Raudsepp a ?crit : > Hi list, > > I was recently pondering how systemd could use kexec "properly", in a > reasonably general way, to make reboots faster. I exchanged an email > with Poettering on the systemd list and he suggested me to ask here. > While not done by systemd, isn't is what is done on Debian when kexec-tools is installed ? It provides a 'coldreboot' script that does the following : #!/bin/sh NOKEXECFILE=/tmp/no-kexec-reboot /bin/rm -f $NOKEXECFILE touch $NOKEXECFILE /sbin/reboot $* FWIR, using reboot will quickly kexec into a new kernel. Kind regards, ...Louis -- Louis Bouchard Backline Support Analyst Canonical Ltd Ubuntu support: http://landscape.canonical.com