hmmm....hard to answer...I just downloaded the network install for debian 64 and it just worked. Same for RHEL 64.
Default bios config using the onboard tyan SATA controller to a single drive. More detail once I can boot up the machine...everything is torn apart in my lab as I move. /brian chee University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology Advanced Network Computing Lab 1680 East West Road, POST rm 311 Honolulu, HI 96822 808-956-5797 voice, 877-284-1934 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUAU" <luau@lists.hosef.org> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [LUAU] SMP kernel wierdness > *which* smp kernel? The "one that comes with centos"? centos4? (which > comes with a patched 2.6.9 kernel) > *what* are the h/w configs? > > maybe some bootlog love? > > Does Monarch (or the mobo vendor) have a BIOS upgrade, by chance? > > jim > > Charles Lockhart wrote: > > >My workplace just got a bunch of dual athlon 64 x2 machines that we're loading centos 4.x on and using to replace our older Sun machines. Unfortunately, we get wierd behaviors when running the SMP kernels. Bursty keyboard interrupts (you can be typing just fine when suddenly the system speeds up and iiiiiiiiiittttttttt'''''''''l look likeeeee ttttttthhhhhhhis) and timing issues (the system clock seems to gain 7 minutes every hour). > > > >Switch to the single processor kernel and all the problems go away. > > > >Some of them are from Monarch Computer Systems, which supposedly puts out pretty reliable Linux boxes. Others are from other vendors, but the same hardware configs. All have wierd behaviors with the SMP kernel. > > > >Any recommendations? Computer related I mean. Right now considering how much we have going on we're thinking of just punting and hoping it'll go away with a later kernel update. > > > >-Charles > >_______________________________________________ > >LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > >http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau