adding MP kernel

[Andrew Bacchi]

You don't have to rebuild to install a kernel of any type.  Either run 
up2date -i kernel-smp, or if you have the kernel rpm handy, rpm -i 
packagename.

In grub.conf make sure the new kernel is listed at the top of the list, 
and default=0.  Reboot and you will then be using the smp kernel.

This process is the same when installing a new single processor kernel, 
the hugemem kernel or smp kernel.

steve.stamper at foremost.com wrote:
> I inherited several RHEL3 systems that only have the single processor
> kernel installed (vmlinux-2.4.21-4.EL).  We are changing the hardware
> configuration.  I'm not sure how to install the mp kernel without
> completely rebuilding.  Any suggestions???
> 
> 
> Thanks² - Steve
> 
> 

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Andrew Bacchi
Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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