Alpha Core Directions

[Lamar Owen]

On Tuesday 21 December 2004 18:16, Bob Lindell wrote:
> > The box boots, runs, and even installs Debian.  I have an operational
> > Woody
> > installation: single processor only.  I have four CPU's; I expect to
> > be able
> > to use them. :-)

> I run Woody but substitute the 2.4.18 kernel from the HP RedHat 7.2
> updates.  You could try this for your SMP machine.

I appreciate all the guys who e-mailed suggestions.  What I did do, after 
thoroughly searching several lists, is use the Debian kernel-package 
utilities, downloading, configuring, and building a vanilla 2.4.28 from 
kernel.org.  I installed this kernel (after the long build, of course), 
changed /etc/aboot.conf, and rebooted.  From SRM I booted to that kernel, and 
it works.  The trick was to build the kernel with Sable only support, not 
generic.  So the machine feels much snappier now.  Much.
-- 
Lamar Owen
Director of Information Technology
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
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