John Wendel <john.wendel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Friday 16 July 2004 11:02 am, Richard Welty wrote: > > the kernels i've been using are: > > > > $ rpm -q kernel > > kernel-2.6.6-1.435 > > $ rpm -q kernel-smp > > kernel-smp-2.6.6-1.435 i saw slightly newer kernels, so i updated. it didn't help. > > when i try to bring the SMP kernel up, it starts but after it reports > > using cfq io scheduler > > ide0 at 0x1f0-01f7, 03f6 on irq 14 > > ide-cd: cmd 0x5a timed out > > hda: lost interrupt > Total shot in the dark since I don't have a box like this, but I'd disable DMA > on the failing device (assuming that it is on). well, i couldn't find a way to disable DMA in the bios, but i did physically remove the IDE CD-ROM drive, and it's running just fine with the SMP kernel. how to get 2 CPUs *and* a CD-ROM drive at the same time, now that's the question. richard -- Richard Welty rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Java, PHP, PostgreSQL, Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security