On Wednesday 31 May 2006 18:08, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:08:35PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > > Hi Adam: > > > > I extrapolate your indications to my case (hope to the benefit of others > > too) of installed debian 64 testing from etch beta 2 release, choosing > > linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic. > > > > Hardware: TWO 264 amd64-opteron on Tyan K8WE 2895 plus video card and > > scsi card for external scsi chain composed of hd, CD, and scanner ; plus > > TWO hd in raid1 from debian. All that functioning. > > > > Aim: to have a worksation for crunching numbers, i.e. no gui, no sound, > > but equipper for X with a flexible window manager like mwm. At present it > > is twm and nothing else is offered. When all ok, i have to compile some > > special applications in OpenGL as pre-computation. Finally, computations > > with mpqc, already available for debian unstable 64. > > > > Question: should I compile kernel from the present situation or it should > > be better replace before that actual kernel with a smp kernel (or it is > > immaterial)? > > > > Additional question: should hardware change, like additional ram, etc, I > > guess that the kernel has to be recompiled. True? > > > > Thanks a lot. I am no expert in computer science, just user who is > > looking for the highes floating point he can afford. > > Simepl solution: apt-get install linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 or maybe > linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 (whichever is the currently available > one). You might even be able to do: apt-get install > linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8, which will auto depend on whatever is current > which is the simplest way to go.
I am very sorry for having bothered Len and the audience with a number of faulty e-mails. This morning 1st June, with sources.list: deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates contrib main non-free deb ftp:/at.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ etch contrib main non-free deb-src ftp:/at.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ etch contrib main non-free deb ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch contrib main non-free deb-src ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch contrib main non-free I imported security key with: gpg --recv-key 946AA6E18722E71E gpg --armor --export 946AA6E18722E71E |apt-key add - Then: apt-get install linux-image-2.6-amd6a-k8 uname -a reports Linux debian 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 #2 Mon Mar 20 11:13:14 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux A question related to e-mail by <helices>, as they reported # uname -a Linux odin 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp #2 SMP Mon Mar 20 11:41:50 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux is their <smp> a must, or am I OK without it for my hardware TWO 264 amd64-opteron on Tyan K8WE 2895 plus video card and scsi card for external scsi chain composed of hd, CD, and scanner ; plus TWO hd in raid1 from debian? Thank you again francesco pietra > > Len Sorensen
