On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 11:50:47PM -0700, Mary Christie Generalao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One of our remote linux boxes will be added with a
> cpu. Do i need to recompile linux for this or is there
> a module to install support for multiple CPUs? If
> recompilation is the way to go, where do I find the
> current active config of linux so in case I recompile,
> I just need to add support for dual CPU and maintain
> the existing config.
>
> I am particularly cautious as the server is at a
> remote end so I dont have console access in case
> things mess up.
>
You can try the binary kernel-smp RPM found in RedHat site. I haven't
tried it, since I always go for the kernel source and compile with SMP
support. And I only had success with SMP for a newly installed RedHat,
porting_the_kernel_image/recompiling_the_kernel_source to a separate
machine with the same hardware specs, gets me to the login prompt then hangs.
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