Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3138 mails)

["L. Mark Stone" <lmstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, December 2, 2004 08:13 am, W.D.McKinney wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 06:19 -0500, L. Mark Stone wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 2, 2004 01:50 am, W.D.McKinney wrote:
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Sunny [mailto:sloncho@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > >Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2004 04:10 AM
> > > >To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> > > >Subject: Re: [SLE] SMP Kernel for 9.2 ?
> > > >
> > > >On Wednesday 01 December 2004 20:02, W.D.McKinney wrote:
> > > >> Hello,
> > > >>
> > > >> I am loading up 9.2 Pro on a Compaq DL380 dual P111 1GHz
> > > >> and wondering where to find the correct SMP kernel ?
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Dee
> > > >
> > > >3 days ago I installed 9.2 on a dual machine. It just picked the right
> > > > SMP kernel, no special care.
> > > >
> > > >Cheers
> > > >Sunny
> > >
> > > Sure wished it worked like that on this one :-(
> > > SuSE 9.2 Pro is saying it's not a SMP motherboard, which is in-correct.
> > >
> > > Of course this is an older unit, but is working just fine except for
> > > the other CPU not being recognized. ------------------------------- SMP
> > > motherboard not detected.
> > > Brought up 1 CPUs
> > > -------------------------------
> > >
> > > Still trying to figure out what's wrong here ?
> > >
> > > Dee
> > >
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> > This is not uncommon if you did not SmartStart the server before
> > attempting to install the OS.
>
> I did SmartStart the server though :-) Any other ideas ?
>
> Dee

Hi Dee,
Last time I installed on a comparable machine we had to choose correctly the 
OS to be installed. As I recall, the default OS selection SmartStart picked 
was not correct. We had to choose "SCO UNIX" to get the second processor 
visible to SuSE. Gave us a bit of a laugh... There was a tech article on 
Compaq's web site that took us a while to find; I don't have the link anymore 
I'm afraid...

Hi Leo,
SmartStart is a bootable CDROM used Compaq and now HP to initialize (and 
update if necessary) the BIOS, firmware and other hardware installed on a 
server prior to the operating system being installed. A SmartStart CDROM can 
also be used to start/complete an operating system install. Every new 
Compaq/hp server comes with a SmartStart CDROM. If yours has gone missing, 
you can order a replacement for about $25 direct from hp; it's sold as a 
subscription (you'll buy just a single subscription, instead of annual 
subscription).

If you have a server that's older than two years or so, check with hp before 
ordering; the latest SmartStart CDROMS no longer include support for older 
servers.

Hope that helps,
Mark

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