Your current kernel will work:<br>
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beaker:/home/vpopmail/bin# uname -a<br>
Linux beaker 2.4.28-bf2.4 #1 SMP Fri Nov 19 13:51:55 AKST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux<br><br>
Notice the SMP in your uname string.<br>
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Brock<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On Apr 11, 2005 6:47 PM, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tim Oudin</b> <<a href="mailto:tim.oudin@gmail.com">tim.oudin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I've just got the opportunity to install a second processor in a<br>Debian Sarge box. I have absolutely no experience with dual processor<br>machines. Research suggests that I need a kernel compiled with smp<br>support thought the more detailed howto's I've seen are referring to<br>the 2.2 kernels.<br><br>Short story, can anyone tell me if this kernel going to work for me?<br>There are also 2.4.27 and 2.6 smp kernels that are apt-gettable. I've<br>never successfully compiled my own kernel, but I've only tried twice,<br>and it's been 5+ years since the last attempt. I'm not too concerned<br>about the lilo config, done that enough times. I just can't afford to<br>have any real delays when I take this machine offline for this.<br><br>beaker:/home/vpopmail/bin# uname -a<br>Linux beaker 2.4.28-bf2.4 #1 SMP Fri Nov 19 13:51:55 AKST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux<br><br>Any insight would be much appreciated. I'm in a bit of a hurry to get<br>this done, I've just installed spamassassin/clamav/qmail-scanner on a<br>server and it's getting it's butt kicked. I'm adding some memory,<br>faster drives and hopefully a second processsor. Load averages are<br>almost comical...or would be it I wasn't the admin.<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>--<br>timo<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br><a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br><a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br><br>-- <br>"There
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