Re: [expert] Hyperthreading and Mandrake 9.1
Traci Collins wrote: Thank you for these suggestions. I'll be trying both later today. Just a quick question, if I use noinitrd how does the system know which img file to use? Traci noinitrd This boot time option disables the two phase boot-up operation. The kernel performs the usual boot sequence as if /dev/initrd was not initialized. With this option, any contents of /dev/initrd loaded into memory by the boot loader contents are preserved. This option permits the contents of /dev/initrd to be any data and need not be limited to a file system image. However, device /dev/initrd is read-only and can be read only one time after system startup. See: man initrd Larry -- Abit VP-6 Dual Pentium III 1GHz Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkenterprise SMP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hyperthreading and Mandrake 9.1
Thank you for these suggestions. I'll be trying both later today. Just a quick question, if I use noinitrd how does the system know which img file to use? Traci On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 09:41, Larry Sword wrote: > Traci Collins wrote: > > >On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 23:05, Larry Sword wrote: > > > > > > > >>Just a guess: > >> > >>Try booting with "acpi=off" switch. > >> > >>Larry > >> > >> > > > >I have tried booting with acpi=off acpismp=force, are you suggesting > >that I take out the acpismp switch as well as turning off normal acpi? > > > >Traci > > > > > > > > > > > Traci, > > Another suggestion would be to try the "noinitrd" switch. > > > Larry -- Traci Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hyperthreading and Mandrake 9.1
Traci Collins wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 23:05, Larry Sword wrote: Just a guess: Try booting with "acpi=off" switch. Larry I have tried booting with acpi=off acpismp=force, are you suggesting that I take out the acpismp switch as well as turning off normal acpi? Traci Traci, Another suggestion would be to try the "noinitrd" switch. Larry -- Abit VP-6 Dual Pentium III 1GHz Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkenterprise SMP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hyperthreading and Mandrake 9.1
Traci Collins wrote: On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 23:05, Larry Sword wrote: Just a guess: Try booting with "acpi=off" switch. Larry I have tried booting with acpi=off acpismp=force, are you suggesting that I take out the acpismp switch as well as turning off normal acpi? Traci I would suggest booting with one switch at a time and see if you can get a full or clean boot. I've noticed that the requirement for booting with or without a switch changes with the kernel and even the amount of memory, say updating from 512MB to 1.0GB. Try them all. Larry -- Abit VP-6 Dual Pentium III 1GHz Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkenterprise SMP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hyperthreading and Mandrake 9.1
On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 23:05, Larry Sword wrote: > Just a guess: > > Try booting with "acpi=off" switch. > > Larry I have tried booting with acpi=off acpismp=force, are you suggesting that I take out the acpismp switch as well as turning off normal acpi? Traci -- Traci Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hyperthreading and Mandrake 9.1
Traci Collins wrote: Hi! I have a Mandrake 9.1 box running on an Intel Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading. When I installed Mandrake it correctly identified my hyperthreading capabilities and installed the smp version of the operating system and defaults to that version in lilo. When I permit the system to boot with that default it goes through a page or two of the loading process ultimately crashing with a kernel panic which states that it can't find the init and suggests that I boot with an init= statement. I have checked lilo.conf and verified that the initrd setting is for the smp image and that the file which is referenced is actually present on my harddrive. I have also edited the initrd setting to point directly to the mdksmp img instead of the more general img file but the system behaves in exactly the same way no matter which initrd img I specify. I would like to take advantage of the hyperthreading capabilities of my chip and I was wondering if someone knows the magic boot parameters that I need to smooth this out. I read the article in LinuxWorld Magazine and added the acpismp=force statement to my append line in lilo but that doesn't make any difference. Mandrake 9.1 has a kernel that is greater than 2.4.18 and it is supposed to support hyperthreading. I have verfied that hyperthreading is turned on in my bios. I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction to find a solution. Thanks. Traci Just a guess: Try booting with "acpi=off" switch. Larry -- Abit VP-6 Dual Pentium III 1GHz Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkenterprise SMP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Hyperthreading and Mandrake 9.1
Hi! I have a Mandrake 9.1 box running on an Intel Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading. When I installed Mandrake it correctly identified my hyperthreading capabilities and installed the smp version of the operating system and defaults to that version in lilo. When I permit the system to boot with that default it goes through a page or two of the loading process ultimately crashing with a kernel panic which states that it can't find the init and suggests that I boot with an init= statement. I have checked lilo.conf and verified that the initrd setting is for the smp image and that the file which is referenced is actually present on my harddrive. I have also edited the initrd setting to point directly to the mdksmp img instead of the more general img file but the system behaves in exactly the same way no matter which initrd img I specify. I would like to take advantage of the hyperthreading capabilities of my chip and I was wondering if someone knows the magic boot parameters that I need to smooth this out. I read the article in LinuxWorld Magazine and added the acpismp=force statement to my append line in lilo but that doesn't make any difference. Mandrake 9.1 has a kernel that is greater than 2.4.18 and it is supposed to support hyperthreading. I have verfied that hyperthreading is turned on in my bios. I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction to find a solution. Thanks. Traci -- Traci Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
