hi guys, after installing centos on my ml350 i found 2 choices on the grub options. CENTOS-4 i386 (2.6.9-22.ELsmp) CENTOS-4 i386-up (2.6.9-22.EL) what choice will i choose ? --------------------------------- Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060201/655f6daf/attachment-0002.html>
On Wednesday 01 February 2006 13:54, spart cus wrote:> hi guys, > after installing centos on my ml350 i found 2 choices on the grub options. > > CENTOS-4 i386 (2.6.9-22.ELsmp)smp is the kernel for multiprocessor systems, so if you have more than one processor or if you want to use one processor with HT then this is the choice.> CENTOS-4 i386-up (2.6.9-22.EL)this is the centos up (uni-processor) kernel. Use this if you have one processor or if you have problems with the smp one. /Peter> > what choice will i choose ?-- ------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Kjellstr?m | National Supercomputer Centre | Sweden | http://www.nsc.liu.se -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060201/146dcf74/attachment-0002.sig>
> after installing centos on my ml350 i found 2 choices on the grub options. > > CENTOS-4 i386 (2.6.9-22.ELsmp) > CENTOS-4 i386-up (2.6.9-22.EL) > > what choice will i choose ?The first kernel that indicates "smp" in the name is for machines with multiple processors. The second one is the same version of the kernel, but it is for single processor machines. By the fact that both were installed, it seems to indicate that your machine has multiple processors (or a hyperthreaded processor) and as such you should use the first one. Barry