Re: kernel without smp
sigi <dugongs@gmx.de> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 10:25:24PM -0500, Jim Crilly wrote:
>> On 11/22/06 03:28:25AM +0100, sigi wrote:
>> > > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:23:36PM -0500, Jim Crilly wrote:
>> > > No affect in that both CPUs are always detected or just that the box still
>> > > locks up?
>> >
>> > If I remember right, the nosmp-option produced a kernel-panic during
>> > boot-time, and maxcpus=1 froze the keyboard while trying to get my IP
>> > with ifup.
>> >
>> > > Although either way your only real option is to compile a custom
>> > > kernel for UP.
>> >
>> > I tried this yesterday, but dpkg didn't install my custom kernel... I
>> > don't know, what the problem was - I tried the 'official' debian way,
>> > and only disabled smp-support from the debian-kernelimage config-file.
>> > But dpkg could not install it....
>> >
>>
>> You did use make-kpkg to build it first, right?
>
> I used this howto:
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch08s06.html
>
> but when I try to install my custom kernel, dpkg fails with this
> message:
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Missing Required paramater 'Old' at
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.17.postinst line 393.
> dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von linux-image-2.6.17 (--install):
> Unterprozess post-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> sigi.
Known bug. update.
MfG
Goswin
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