Fwd: [NTLUG:Discuss] Slackware

[Tom Tumelty]

I am installing Slackware 10.1 (which i forgot to mention ) but it seems to
use same install program as slackware has for a long time. The machine is an
IBM and has a scsi drive and dual processors (about 400 MHZ each).

Also, I was not able to read the scsi disk(s) with fdisk or cfdisk, the two
partiitoning programs with slackware. When I started the install program it
seemed to recognize the partitions created by ubuntu so i decided to use
them and see if it would work. I did not get any errors while installing and
did a check for bad blocks while formatting. ALso tried to install LILO to
MBR and tried to install LILO to the root partition, each time same
result......bios would start then grub would try to do its thing and the
system would quit during grubs attempt to boot the system.


what is SMP ?


Thank You in advance,
Tom




On 10/3/05, Burton Strauss < Burton_Strauss at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> A lilo install will rewrite the MBR (Master Boot Record), which is where
> the
> 'startup' program goes (whether that's Grub, LILO, or even MS's, they all
> start in the 400+ bytes available on that record).
>
> So it sounds like LILO didn't properly install. With other distros you are
> prompted during install as to whether to install LILO/GRUB and where to
> install it (/dev/hda is the MBR, while /dev/hda1 would be in the partition
> and wouldn't be recognized). Don't know what Slackware offers, as it's
> been
> a while since I played with it.
>
> WRT SMP, it's a kernel option - so if your chosen distro doesn't come with
>
> an SMP kernel (or doesn't enable the option in the kernel(s) it provides),
> you'll have to roll your own.
>
> -----Burton
>