William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> Robert wrote:
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>> For some reason, Anaconda thinks I need an smp kernel. This is a
>> wrong-headed notion that showed up in FC1 and continued to FC2, FC3
>> and CentOS 4. It always installs both kernels, making -smp the
>> default which I have to change to non-smp for ntpd to work right
>> (Gives off-the-chart jitter, never syncs, etc). I have read in one
>> place or another that:
>> 1. It's O.K. to run an smp kernel on a single-processor machine
>> 2. The installer picks the smp kernel if the cpu flag "ht" is set --
>> which mine isn't.
>>
>> So, can anyone explain why, on a fresh bare-metal install I'm blessed
>> with an smp kernel? Also, is the statement about an smp kernel
>> running O.K. on a single processor machine pure hogwash or is there
>> something goofy about my m/b and/or processor?
>> Of course, once there is an -smp kernel installed "yum update
>> kernel*" keeps the string of luck going.
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> FWIW, SuSE (8.2, 9.2, maybe others) does the same thing :-).
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> William A. Mahaffey III
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Thanks. It's good to know I'm not alone.
Frankly, I'm amazed at the number of CORRECT guesses made during
installation.
BTW, apologies for the HTML in my previous post.
