Huntress, Gary B. wrote: > > Hi, > > Although this isn't strictly an SMP question, I know that there > are Poweredge users here who have probably run into this same problem. > I've got a Dell Poweredge 6300 (1Gb, Quad Xeon (using two CPUs)) that > includes the PERC raid controller. The system is intended as a Sybase > database server and we've had disappointing benchmarks so far with NT so > I've finally convinced the "powers that be" that we should repeat our > tests with linux. > > I have downloaded the boot.img and supp.img from > ftp.megatrends.com. Boot.img is apparrently a patched RH boot disk that > will handle the PERC, and the megatrends documentation basically say > that you should boot from the image and install linux normally, but I > get a kernel panic (syncer) right after the kernel decompresses. About > the only other thing that I've tried is to disable the PERC bios but > that didn't help either. > > I'd appreciate tips and/or pointers! I'm really looking > forward to seeing Sybase fly on this machine. > > Ob-SMP: Anyone have any anecdotes about the SMP vs non-SMP performance > of Sybase? > On the other hand, I didn't get a kernel panic when I tried installing Linux on a system with the PERC/2 controller. It just didn't find the drive. So your problem may be something else.. Ben - Linux SMP list: FIRST see FAQ at http://www.irisa.fr/prive/mentre/smp-faq/ To Unsubscribe: send "unsubscribe linux-smp" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
