On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 21:03, dsavage@peaknet.net wrote: > To: Tony > Subject: GnomeVOICE > > Before handing you a towel to dry your foot after extracting it from your mouth, > I will first ask you the basis for your contention that Red Hat Linux 8.0 does > not support SMP. For example, what does your system respond with when you type: > > $ uname -a > > My dual Athlon MP 2100+ system responds with: > > Linux lion 2.4.18-14smp #1 SMP Wed Sep 4 11:55:37 EDT 2002 i686 athlon i386 > GNU/Linux > > What does your /boot/grub/grub.conf file contain? Mine contains the following: > > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > # root (hd0,0) > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 > # initrd /initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/hda > # > # Default boot kernel > default=2 > # > # Seconds to wait before booting default > timeout=10 > # > # Splash screen to display > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > # > # Kernel 0 > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14debug) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14debug ro root=LABEL=/ vga=794 > initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14debug.img > # > # Kernel 1 > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ vga=794 > initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img > # Kernel 2 > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14smp) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp ro root=LABEL=/ vga=794 > initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14smp.img > # > # end-of-file > > I am successfully running Red Hat Linux 8.0 SMP kernels on two very different > SMP systems, one of which needs 'noapic' in the grub boot command line since > it's an ancient server whose BIOS is apparently broken with respect to APIC. > > Now... you were saying? > That's pretty good Doc. Sorry this reply took so long. I was setting up that server on the weekend. I'm back at the shop now though. -- -=/>Thom Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche) running Linux Kernel 2.4.18-14 Uptime: 5:20pm up 5:52, 1 user, load average: 2.09, 2.26, 2.44 Registered Linux User #214499 http://counter.li.org -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
