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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks everyone for the input ...
nice to know help is offered so</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>freely and is readily available.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Per Dave's suggestion, at least as a trial run, I
did an </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>installation from the </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>RH9 distribution CD's. Dave was </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>right ... the install selected an SMP </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>version for me. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(I didn't think anything but the single CPU kernel
would </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>be offered on </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>downloaded ISO's). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The result is that the install assumed the PII
450's were </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>of the i686 breed and posted two versions of
the kernel to grub:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.4.20-8smp</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.4.20-8</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Selecting 2.4.20-8smp, the machine booted almost as
fast </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>as my 1.9 GHz athlon! </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>After booting:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$uname -s {Kernel}</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linux</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$uname -n {nodename}</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bobcat.dcg-dn001.com</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$uname -r {kernel release}</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.4.20-8smp</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$uname -v {kernel version}</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>#1 SMP Thurs Mar 13 17:45:54 EST 2003</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$uname -m {machine}</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i686</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$uname -p {processor}</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i686</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$uname -i {hardware} <== maybe here
was my confusion</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i386</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>$uname -o {operating system}</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GNU/Linux</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now back to more reading and take the plunge into
building my</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>own kernel.... wonder what this puppy will do when
I boost</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the memory from the current 128M ....
humm???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Later - THANKS EVERYONE</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary T. Threlkeld<BR>email:
<A href="mailto:gthrelk@attbi.com">gthrelk@attbi.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dhahn@techangle.com href="mailto:dhahn@techangle.com">Dave Hahn</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us
href="mailto:clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us">clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:45
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CLUE-Tech] Which RedHat SMP
Version</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you do a standard RH9 installation, the
installer should pick the correct kernel version. If not, use up2date
(the RH9 CDs are already out of date) and it will grab the appropriate
architecture for your processors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-d</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gthrelk@attbi.com href="mailto:gthrelk@attbi.com">Gary
Threlkeld</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us
href="mailto:clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us">clue-tech@clue.denver.co.us</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:19
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CLUE-Tech] Which RedHat SMP
Version</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've managed to acquire a SuperMicro P6DLS -
dual processor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>system with dual Intel PII 450 MHz
CPU's. I want to load it up with </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Redhat 9 </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>and
play with SMP. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Going to a Redhat mirror, there are SMP kernels
for i586 and i686.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>want to make
sure that I have the right kernel but am a little</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>unclear as to which to install.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The server model id would lead me to believe
that I should</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>use the i686 download. "P6DLS" - I
believe stands for P6,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>dual-processor, 440LX chipset,
SCSI.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OTOH, I thought that PII's were considered i586
generation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>processors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FINALLY, to my questions ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) Any thoughts as to which kernel I
should run?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) Help me understand the differences in
the kernels. Are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> there going to be
catastrophic problems (damage) if I</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> attempt to
use the wrong one or just performance issues?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) For future reference... are there
"concrete rules" to apply</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> do help decide which
kernel series i386, i486, etc to use </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> with a processor
series PII, PIII, P4, etc.?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any information. I've been
looking but could use</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>your knowledge and feedback.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary T.
Threlkeld<BR>email: <A
href="mailto:gthrelk@attbi.com">gthrelk@attbi.com</A><BR>
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