hi
I hv a system with dual P-111 1000MNZ CPU's & 512MB RAM

I want to install linux on it
i downloaded redhat linux 9 from the redhat website
then i installed linux on it

Everthing went well

When i start the linux the Grub boot loader giver the option like this

linux kernel 2.20-19
linux kernel 2.20-19 smp

when i run linux using the single CPU options it runs well

BUt when i run linux using the SMP mode it detects the CPU configuration , the memory and hangs after that

i installed another kernel but no afftect
it just gets hanged when use the smp mode

please giude

thanx a lot

Try booting with the SMP kernel, but add noapic to the boot options in grub.conf for the smp kernel.

thnx very much for ur help

i am now able to boot the kernel with dual CPU

how can i now monitor my both cpu ?

beside using cat /proc/cpuinfo

plz guide

bhagat

if you have a recent version of 'top' you can enable the display of per-use stats of the cpus. Run the 'top' application and then press 'h' for help for a brief description of the display options.