I tried this and it WORKS! Now I am getting messages in the log saying that /usr/lib/sa/sa1 1 1 can not update the log. Have you ever seen this? I do not get it when I run with a uni-processor. PS: Where can I find more info on "noapic" option? This has had me stumped for a long time. Perhaps it is something that could be detected by the kernel? > -----Original Message----- > From: Zwane Mwaikambo [mailto:zwane@holomorphy.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 1:09 PM > To: Allen Curtis > Cc: Newbies > Subject: Re: Tyan II & SCSI Interrupts > > > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Allen Curtis wrote: > > > The problem appears to be interrupt routing. The SCSI bus > probing times-out > > during boot. This works fine when I use a Uni-processor kernel. (either > > version mentioned) This is a bummer since this server only has > 166 Pentium > > processors. > > Try booting with the 'noapic' kernel parameter to disable IOAPIC > interrupt > handling. > > Zwane > -- > function.linuxpower.ca > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/