Re: which kernel for dual opteron ???
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 18:08, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:08:35PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> > Hi Adam:
> >
> > I extrapolate your indications to my case (hope to the benefit of others
> > too) of installed debian 64 testing from etch beta 2 release, choosing
> > linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-generic.
> >
> > Hardware: TWO 264 amd64-opteron on Tyan K8WE 2895 plus video card and
> > scsi card for external scsi chain composed of hd, CD, and scanner ; plus
> > TWO hd in raid1 from debian. All that functioning.
> >
> > Aim: to have a worksation for crunching numbers, i.e. no gui, no sound,
> > but equipper for X with a flexible window manager like mwm. At present it
> > is twm and nothing else is offered. When all ok, i have to compile some
> > special applications in OpenGL as pre-computation. Finally, computations
> > with mpqc, already available for debian unstable 64.
> >
> > Question: should I compile kernel from the present situation or it should
> > be better replace before that actual kernel with a smp kernel (or it is
> > immaterial)?
> >
> > Additional question: should hardware change, like additional ram, etc, I
> > guess that the kernel has to be recompiled. True?
> >
> > Thanks a lot. I am no expert in computer science, just user who is
> > looking for the highes floating point he can afford.
>
> Simepl solution: apt-get install linux-image-2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 or maybe
> linux-image-2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 (whichever is the currently available
> one). You might even be able to do: apt-get install
> linux-image-2.6-amd64-k8, which will auto depend on whatever is current
> which is the simplest way to go.
I am very sorry for having bothered Len and the audience with a number of
faulty e-mails.
This morning 1st June, with sources.list:
deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing
etch/security-updates contrib main non-free
deb ftp:/at.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ etch contrib main non-free
deb-src ftp:/at.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ etch contrib main non-free
deb ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch contrib main non-free
deb-src ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ etch contrib main non-free
I imported security key with:
gpg --recv-key 946AA6E18722E71E
gpg --armor --export 946AA6E18722E71E |apt-key add -
Then:
apt-get install linux-image-2.6-amd6a-k8
uname -a
reports
Linux debian 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 #2 Mon Mar 20 11:13:14 UTC 2006 x86_64
GNU/Linux
A question related to e-mail by <helices>, as they reported
# uname -a
Linux odin 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp #2 SMP Mon Mar 20 11:41:50 UTC 2006
x86_64 GNU/Linux
is their <smp> a must, or am I OK without it for my hardware
TWO 264 amd64-opteron on Tyan K8WE 2895 plus video card and
scsi card for external scsi chain composed of hd, CD, and scanner ; plus
TWO hd in raid1 from debian?
Thank you again
francesco pietra
>
> Len Sorensen
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