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Old 10-11-2006, 08:53 AM   #1
Akhran
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Does Debian 'Testing' Installer autodetect dual CPUs and install SMP kernel?


I've installed Debian 'Testing' on a couple of dual cpus machines, but it seems that the installer does not detect the dual cpus and will install the non-smp kernel instead.

Is there any parameter that can be used at the start of the installation to force the installation of smp kernel?

Thanks!
 
Old 10-11-2006, 09:34 AM   #2
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I've installed Debian 'Testing' on a couple of dual cpus machines, but it seems that the installer does not detect the dual cpus and will install the non-smp kernel instead.

Is there any parameter that can be used at the start of the installation to force the installation of smp kernel?

Thanks!
See if you can get an installer image using the 2.6.17 kernel or later, these images have smp enabled by default and will use it if finding more than one CPU on install.
 
Old 10-11-2006, 09:54 AM   #3
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If you don't get the option, do the install then, apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686-smp

but from the looks of things you will get prompted to choose your kernel. (20 avail options !)
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/0...ch-beta-3.html

Maybe in your case you should do the expert install to have more control over the final system configuration, and get the kernel you want during setup.
 
  


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