Delusions of grandeur

Sounds like a boot-loader issue.

WARNING!!! Its a REALLY good idea to have a working boot disk before you
go messing around with your boot-loader.

I don't think grub shipped with RH7.0 so look in /etc/lilo.conf.

Look for lines:
That says 'default=...'
That start with 'image=/...'.

Whichever the 'default' is pointing to is probably the multiprocessor
kernel. Change the default line to point to the other one (or post what
you see and we'll help you figure it out).

After you change /etc/lilo.conf you need to run (as root) 'lilo' to
record the changes to the boot-record.


Bart



On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 16:04, Chris Gehlker wrote:
> Thanks to all the help I've received here I've pretty much straightened
> out the KM2M mobo based server computer that I want to deliver. There
> is just one remaining problem. Under Red Hat 7.0, this computer has
> delusions of grandeur. When you poser it on it comes up with a splash
> screen that says Linux on one line and Linux up on the next. If you
> quickly arrow down to the second line which, I'm guessing, stands for
> uni-processor everything works. If you are too slow, the egomaniac
> computer boot a smp kernel. This actually seems to work except the
> network adapter driver doesn't get loaded because it is in
> /lib/modules.2.2.16-22/net and it is being looked for in
> /lib/modules/2.2.16-22smp/net.
>
> I suppose I could just copy it to both paths but somehow that feels
> like putting a band-aid on a festering store. I'd rather understand why
> this lowly Duron machine hinks it's a fire breathing multiprocessor
> monster.
>
> Sniff - None of my PPC machines ever get confused about how many
> processors they have. ;-)
>
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