Jon, On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 11:24, Jon Mercer wrote: > I'm just guessing, but it sounds like you come from a Linux background. > Sort of, I have used Linux in the past (including building Kernels) but only came back to it recently I've also played with Solaris on a Sun Ultra. I'm looking to replace some of my servers etc which are running W2K server. I have tried Fedora but it is not stable enough for a production environment. Hence Free BSD. BTW neither FC2 or 3 will install on the Proliant - probably due to lack of EISA support.
> What you want to do is roll your own kernel by copying > the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC file > to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/MYSYSTEMNAME > > Upper case system names are traditionally used for the kernel config > file in unix. HP-UX is the same, IIRC. > > Edit in: > > <quote> > # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed > options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel > device apic # I/O APIC > </quote> > > You will also want to change things like ident to MYSYSTEMNAME. There > are a plethora of other options to have a play with as well. > > after you've finished editing go to /usr/src and run > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYSYSTEMNAME Its running now, but taking it's time. I'm not surprised as it only running on 1 cylinder so to speak. > > then > > make installkernel KERNCONF=MYSYSTEMNAME > > then reboot. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html > will help you tremendously. Personally I find the whole process much simpler > than configuring a Linux kernel. > > Regards, > > Jon > > > On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 11:12 +0000, Robert Slade wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am new to Free BSD ( and Linux) and have just setup a rather old > > Proliant 5000 as a test machine. It has Quad PII processors and I would > > like to make use of them. The Install CDs only come with the 'Standard' > > kernel. Looking through the handbook implies that support for multiple > > processors in 5.3 was removed due to problems. > > > > I have seen references to a 5.3 SMP kernal though, is it possible to get > > hold of this, or do I have to wait for 5.4 to be released? If so when is > > this likely to be released. > > > > Sorry if this is a simple question. > > > > Thanks > > > > Rob Again many thanks. Rob _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
