[nflug] RHEL 5 Server & Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

[Jesse Jarzynka]

I don't know about Red Hat, but Ubuntu has SMP built into the regular 
kernel. There are no separate ones for muli-cores or multi-processors. 
Maybe that's why you can't find the SMP kernel?

Christopher Hawkins wrote:
> I would say the same, first make sure you have an SMP kernel.  I've 
> also heard of issues where (when you have a choice in there, anyway) 
> you need to set the BIOS for the correct OS. Ie., set it to Linux, not 
> Windows or Other. 
>  
> Chris 
>
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> *From:* nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Robert Meyer
> *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2007 8:57 AM
> *To:* nflug at nflug.org
> *Subject:* Re: [nflug] RHEL 5 Server & Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
>
> Well, sounds to me like the install put in the non-SMP kernel.  If you 
> can get the package manager to install a package like 
> "kernel-2.x.x-SMP", you should get both cores showing up.  It is also 
> possible that you have both kernels in your boot but you're selecting 
> the non-SMP boot.  Either way, it's probably a kernel issue that's 
> easily fixed.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Robert Wolfe <rwolfe at shatterit.com>
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:14:23 AM
> Subject: [nflug] RHEL 5 Server & Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
>
> Good morning all!
>
> Well, I reinstalled RHEL 5 on my machine using the x86 
> version.  However, it is only seeing one of the two cores of my Intel 
> Core 2 Duo processor.  Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I 
> need to go about getting the 32 bit version configured to use both 
> cores and not just the one?  (I kow the 64-bit version of RHEL 5 
> Server sees both by default).
>
> TIA for any help anyone can give.
>
> -- 
> Robert Wolfe [Linux+/MCSE] <rwolfe at shatterit.com>
> "People always make the wolf more formidable than he is." - French Proverb
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