[ale] Installing RH onto a IBM PC Server 704

Danny Cox danscox at mindspring.com
Mon Oct 27 17:47:19 EST 2003


John,

On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 16:54, John Cole wrote:
> Here's an update.  I got Redhat 7.3 working but only in non-SMP mode!
> :(:(:(.  That's the whole point of using 4 processors!
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas about this now that I know it's not the SCSI?
> (and the fact that Gentoo bombs on bootup in SMP mode).

	Have you tried getting the latest kernel source (2.4.22 I think), and
building it yourself?  RH always has several patches it applies to its
kernels, one or more of which might be biting you.

	Just one idea.  Perhaps not even a GOOD idea.

-- 
kernel, n.: A part of an operating system that preserves the
medieval traditions of sorcery and black art.

Danny



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