>> although upgrading to *something* other than 1.0A would be a very good
>> thing.
>
>I'll wait 'til the next snap coming (right perry?) and will upgrade.  
>What is the best procedure to do this with minimum down time?
>
>get snap bin and src
>and some coffee and cigarettes
>wait 'til it's 3AM
>tar --unlink the ball
>recompile kernel
>reboot and pray
>
>am I missing anything here? If I tar --unlink the ball, how would the old 
>(running) kernel have problems with the new bins?

more or less correct, yes.  it should be (or so i have been convinced)
more like:

1) get src and bin (and coffee and cigarettes...)
2) start now
3) rebuild new toolchain under old kernel
4) build new kernel now (with new tools)
5) reboot with new kernel (noting that some stuff (netstat, top, ps) may
  not work yet)
6) unpack bin ball
7) maybe reboot again?

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