Who's the idiot who didn't rerun lilo after recompiling his kernel with
mtrr support??? Hey, at least I can say I learned something from this. :o)


[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>On Thu, 03 Jul 2003 23:24, you wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 09:56:42PM +1200, Hamish McBrearty wrote:
>> > /proc/mtrr does not exist, that's what's causing the install script to
>> > die.
>>
>> It sounds like you're missing the 'mtrr' driver.
>>
>> > bash-2.05b$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
>> > flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
>> > mca
>>
>>                                                                 ^^^^
>>
>> The Linux kernel believes that your CPU has MTRR support.
>>
>> > I might try the make mrproper idea from Nick, but that might have to
>> > wait until tomorrow. Friends don't let friends drink and compile :o)
>>
>> Are you sure you didn't build the 'mtrr' driver as a module?  If you
>> did, do a 'modprobe mtrr' and see if '/proc/mtrr' exists after that.
>
>mtrr support is not available via a module. ( in 2.4.21 anyway )
>
>The setting is in the "Processor Type and Features" section.
>
>--
>C. S.
>
>



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