Topic: kernal info

[Karl Ponsonby]

I have just installed 4.1.2 onto a dual p3-450 server and am wondering what are the two kernals that are mentioned. One is called "esmith" the other is called "esmith-up".I have looked at lilo.conf and believe that one is for multi processor pc's. The "esmith-up" kernal loads but the other does not and comes back with a "kernal panic"
I am also using a Promise ata100 pci card to drive a raid setup.
any help greatly appreciated

[z00100]

The UP is for UniProcessor, and the other one is for a Dual Proc setup.

The kernel should not crash, I'm not sure why it's doing that for you.

Try to set MP to v 1.4 in the BIOS.

[Ross Laver]

>I have just installed 4.1.2 onto a dual p3-450 server and am wondering what are the two kernals that are mentioned. One is called "esmith" the other is called "esmith-up"

Hi Karl,

See the FAQ:

http://www.e-smith.org/faq.php3#8q4

R.

[Karl Ponsonby]

Further update. The error code is as follows, after the pc boots and registers the raid array the following is displayed.

"Bad md_map in ll_rw_block"
"EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock"
"isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=09:01, iso_blknum=16,block=32"
"Kernal panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 09:01"

I've tried playing around with the bios settings, mainly due to the fact that I'm using a Promise ata100 pci add on card and thought it might have somthing to do with plug-n-play or irq's, all to no avail. My next step is to reinsatll onto the standard onboard ide and see what happens. Thanks for your info at this stage,
Karl

[Karl Ponsonby]

Further info again.
The single processor kernal works fine with either the promise card or the onboard ide controller. But the dual-processor kernal fails to boot and will hang at various places during the config screen. It is a Tyan m/board with dual P3-450's.
Anybody have any ideas pls let me know.
Thanks karl