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> Here are my questions:
And here are my answers :)
> 1. Do I need to do anything special in order to install the SMP Linux
> kernel?
You can recompile the kernel (if you are happy doing that), or can install
the kernel-smp-2.2.12-20.rpm kernel rpm off the redhat 6.1 cd. I think
that you may need to edit /etc/lilo.conf to boot this kernel by default.
Drop me a line if you need a hand with this
> 2. Is there a problem recognizing this particular system as SMP?
Yes, it's old. I'm not really sure how the redhat system ids smp boxes but
I think it pokes the ioapic in some way (comments anyone, Alan?). This may
not work as expected on older boxes (I guess)
> 3. Once installed, how can I tell that the SMP kernel is indeed running
> and that it recognized the 2 processors?
cat /proc/cpuinfo
dmesg | less
Are the normal 2 choices.
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