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Re: [debian-knoppix] non-SMP kernel



On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 09:57:58PM +0100, Robert Vanyi wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> Is it possible to replace the kernel on the boot floppy (created from
> boot.img) with a non-SMP kernel?

If you do this, you also have to replace the modules on the compressed
CD image to fit the kernel, and recompile cloop.

> I have successfully replaced the kernel with another, although an SMP
> kernel. When I tried it with a non-SMP kernel, INIT just froze (after
> writing out the version).

Probably at the first attempt to load modules from the CD.

Why would you want to use a non-SMP-Kernel? You can just disable SMP
support by saying

knoppix nosmp

at the boot:-Prompt.

Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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