On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Rui Sousa wrote:
>> I'm new to UNIX and even newer to Linux. My employer wants me to install
>> RedHat 6.0 on a Quad Pentium Pro 200 MHz machine. It installed well, but
>> it only recognizes, so far as I can tell, only one of the CPUs. So now I
>> have the following questions:
>>
>> 1) How can verify how many CPU's are actually being used? I have tried
>> top and "cat /proc/cpuinfo". Both seem to indicate only one CPU.
>>
>> 2) gnome-linuxconf indicates there are two kernels in the system, one
>> for SMP. How do I know which one actually loaded?
>>
>> LILO linux configurations
>> linux /dev/sdb1 /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15smp
>> linux-up /dev/sdb1 /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
>>
>Have a look at /etc/lilo.conf. The first section indicates the
>kernel loaded by default.
>
>> Uh, does the "linux-up" mean what I fear it does?
Uni-Processor (as opposed to SM-P Symmetrical Multi-Processor)
>>
>> 3) Are there any ways to boot the system, in case the non-SMP kernel is
>> being used, so that I can find out why the default SMP kernal was
>> rejected? Is there a log file I can check?
>
>Each kernel image has a tag associated with it. You can introduce
>this at the lilo prompt to choose between them (in your case "linux"
>and "linux-up").
>
>Try "dmesg" to have a look at kernel boot messages. This should give you all
>you
>need.
>
>>
>> Since I have also installed Windows 2000 Server on the same computer
>> (first drive, second partition; linux is on second drive), I currently
>> boot the system from a floppy disk.
>>
>This changes everything. You are (probably) booting the kernel image
>in your floppy disk and not using lilo.
>
>Rui Sousa
>
to clarify what Rui has pointed out, you want to type 'linux' at the LILO:
prompt to ensure that you are loading the SMP enabled kernel.
to ensure that this will happen by default, make sure it is listed first
in /etc/lilo.conf (there may be a pretty way to do this through
linuxconf)
Chipper
>
>-
>Linux SMP list: FIRST see FAQ at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/
>To Unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe linux-smp" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
------
Please encrypt anything important.
PGP Key: http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6CFA486D
-
Linux SMP list: FIRST see FAQ at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/
To Unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe linux-smp" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
