Re: Which kernel should I use on a Dual Processor 10 GB RAM Intel server?

2007-04-27 Thread Oliver König
/proc/cpuinfo lists 4 CPUs from 0 to 3: server:/proc# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : [0..3] vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 15 model : 4 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz stepping: 3 cpu MHz : 2992.804 cache size : 16 KB fdiv_bug

Which kernel should I use on a Dual Processor 10 GB RAM Intel server?

2007-04-26 Thread Oliver König
Hello, I have got a Dell Poweredge 2850 Rackserver with two 3.0 GHZ Xeon CPUs and 10 GB of RAM running Debian Sarge and kernel 2.4.27 (SMP). The system recognizes only 4 GB of RAM and I want to upgrade to Debian 4.0 (etch) and kernel 2.6.18. I need a kernel that recognizes both CPUs (SMP) and

Re: Which kernel should I use on a Dual Processor 10 GB RAM Intel server?

2007-04-26 Thread Otavio Salvador
Oliver König [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In Etch I found linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem, which supports 2-64 GB RAM. Does this kernel provide symmetric multiprocessing or do I need to build a custom kernel? bigmem flavour should work fine for what you need :-) -- O T A V I OS A

Re: Which kernel should I use on a Dual Processor 10 GB RAM Intel server?

2007-04-26 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hi, this box should support a 64bit kernel, check /proc/cpuinfo for the lm flag. On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:34:32AM +0200, Oliver König wrote: I have got a Dell Poweredge 2850 Rackserver with two 3.0 GHZ Xeon CPUs and 10 GB of RAM running Debian Sarge and kernel 2.4.27 (SMP). The system