On 02-Nov-2000 Jonathan Chang wrote: > Hi, there, > > Recently I plan to install Debian on a IBM Netfinity 3500 M20 (without > RAID). This machine has two Pentium III 733Mhz, and I want to build a > kernel with SMP support from kernel source. My question is, which kernel > should I try? I heard that the kernel 2.4 series have much better SMP > support, but I am afraid that these 2.4 test versions are not stable > enough. Can you give me some advice? Thanks in advance. >
use a 2.2 kernel for now. use 2.4 when it is relased. Unless this is just a test box, then play with 2.4.