There does not appear to be a complete smp kernel, just a 9MB rpm that falls
under the i586 category. That is why I missed it. I downloaded the i386
rpm's. Can I use the i586 smp rpm with the 386 kernel rpm. Apparently this
is an add to the kernel that allows for SMP functionality.
Michael C. Rock
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of Andrew
> Wyatt
> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:07 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] smp functionality
>
>
> You installed the uniprocessor kernel, go back and get the SMP kernel,
> and install that one.
>
> On Sun, 2002-01-20 at 18:36, Mikes work account wrote:
> > I have just installed the 2.4.9-12 kernel on RH 7.1 and we have a dual
> > processsor Netfinity. When I booted the new kernel I lost my
> dual processor
> > functionality. How do I implement that capability. I thought all the
> > kernels were to have that built in?
> >
> > Michael C. Rock
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of Robin
> > (Roblimo) Miller
> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:38 AM
> > To: slug@nks.net
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Yet another IBM commercial for Linux
> >
> >
> >
> > > The only ill-effect of these commercials is that they portray linux as
> > > something solely for the corporate world: a lay-up making, server-farm
> > > replacing workhorse of an operating system. Even the average-joe
> > > police investigator in that "They Stole All Our Servers" IBM
> > > commercial says, "What's a Server?" ... In TV commercials, there are
> > > very few incidentals.
> >
> >
> > These are ads for IBM, not ads for Linux. I've spent a fair amount of
> > time talking with Susan DeKeukelaere, who's in charge of z/390
> > marketing, and to her Linux is a sales tool for IBM hardware and
> > services, not a "cause" of some sort.
> >
> > Get a couple of bumps down the corporate ladder, into the tech crowd,
> > and you find lots of Linux junkies. But they don't control the
> ad budget. :)
> >
> > FYI, and a ray of hope (unless you hate IBM): There is a significant
> > movement within IBM (spawned by the techie crowd, natch) to push desktop
> > Linux both internally and as a customer option.
> >
> > I think we should be happy that IBM mentions Linux at all in its TV
> > spots. Believe me, when most of your friends/associates are tech-types,
> > it's easy to forget that only a tiny percentage of the population has
> > even heard the word. The guys at Bentley's (semi-biker bar in Bradenton
> > I go to sometimes) sure haven't, even though most of them have computers
> > and Internet connections (mostly AOL).
> >
> > - Robin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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