Some problems have been found when using LILO on SMP
(multi-processors) machines. Please upgrade to:
lilo-0.21-6mdk.i586.rpm
Quote from the Mandrake Page, category "updates"
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3
In reviewing the standards for SUBMITTING Mandrake rpm contributions, I note
that the rpms HAVE to know which directory they are installing to, so "where to
put it" is not a problem. I would say, install them all, you have room. Just
try to point to the right one (one of the SMPs) with lilo. If in doubt. you
can try each in turn (and sharpening your skills at reinstalling is the worst
thing that will happen.)
Some of the folk at MandrakeSoft may be able to give a much better answer than
I, but I am doing my best from the doc.
Civileme
P. S. Thanks for the post on the memory. I had forgotten the sizing thing, ran
into it only once.
John Aldrich wrote:
> I've got a dual-processor Pentium Pro 200 mhz system. I'm installing
> Mandrake 6.0 on it. I plan to upgrade the kernel, etc after installing from
> the CD. Which RPM files (specifically) should I install and in which order?
> I know that there's an RPM called "kernel-smp-fb-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm." Do I
> need this one and where does it go? Also, what about just
> "kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm"??? does that need to be installed?
> I had an installation yesterday, but it had problems and when I went to
> upgrade the kernel, I couldn't get it to work -- kept saying something about
> an inittab or something like that not being found for "ernel-smp....." What
> happened and how do I fix it? BTW, this happened when I tried to re-run LILO
> to update the system map.
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