Topic: Single Processor but Two Choices at Boot

[Bob]

Here is a breakdown of my server:

SME v5.1.2
Intel P4 @ 1.8GHz
AOpen AX4B motherboard with i845 chipset (single processor MB)
512MB DDR-SDRAM
Maxtor 40GB ATA/133 7200RPM HDD

When I turn on the server, the Mitel splash screen comes up with two options in the top, right corner of the screen:

esmith
esmith up

I've done a clean install of SME 5.1.2 and this keeps coming up.  If I don't select the "esmith up" option, it defaults to "esmith" (the multiprocessor kernel) and there is all sorts of strange things happening during the boot process.  When I manually select the "esmith up" option, everything works fine.

Is there a way to make the "esmith up" option the default so that if I reboot the server remotely, I don't have to worry about the wrong kernel being loaded.

Thanks in advance!

[BYte]

Yes edit the lilo.conf file in /etc you will see line default=esmith

change just that line to default=esmith up or what ever you want to boot off of then save and exit

BUT ALWAYS REMEMBER TO RUN THE LILO AT COMMAND LINE JUST TYPE lilo

You should then see a * next to the esmith up to say that is your default boot all well reboot and check it works


hope this helps

BYte

[Rune Gudmundsen]

Bob,

I had exactly the same problem with a similar machine except for using SCSI disk, and solved this by modifying /etc/lilo.conf despite the warning in the header of the file. My file looks as follows:

boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/mitel.pcx
linear
default=esmith


image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-7.0.8
    label=esmith
    read-only
    root=/dev/sda6

    initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.19-7.0.8.img

After saving your file, do a 'lilo' from the command prompt. Mind you, you got to substitute my /dev/sda with the appropriate drive of your system.


Regards...

[Bob]

Here is what my file looks like:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/mitel.pcx
linear
default=esmith

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-7.0.8smp  (note the smp at the end)
label=esmith
read-only
root=/dev/hda6


image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19-7.0.8
label=esmith-up
read-only
root=/dev/hda6

When I change the default line to read:

default=esmith up

it still doesn't work.  When I type lilo at the root prompt, I receive this error:

Syntax error near line 19 in file /etc/lilo.conf

Any ideas?

[Bob]

Solved the problem.  I need a '-' in the default line.  It should read:

default=esmith-up

Thanks for everyone's help