Fwd: [NTLUG:Discuss] Slackware

[Jay Urish]

Symmetric Multiprocessing

Read: 2 or more procs of the same speed working together.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SMP.html

Tom Tumelty wrote:
> 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
>>
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