--- Chris Ruprecht <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 16:42 -0700, Hoffmann wrote: > > Hi All; > > > > When I installed FC4, I noticed that I have two > > kernels: one of them is the 'normal' one, the > other is > > 'smp'. What is the difference, and which one > should I > > use? Should I uninstall one of them? > > Thanks! > > Hoffmann > > > > > > Usually, the installer installs and shows the SMP > kernels only if it > detects multiple CPUs of some sort. If you have a > newer machine with > either more than one real CPU, a dual core CPU or a > CPU with > HyperThreading (HT) enabled. > > If you have any of theose, no not remove the SMP > kernel(s), otherwise > you will only be able to use one of the CPUs. > > To check if your system has more than one CPU, run > 'top' and press the > '1' button, that will show individual timings for > each CPU. > > Best regards, > Chris > > -- Hi Chris, Many thanks for your explanation. Yes, my machine has the new Intel D processor. It is a dual core processor. Since I am a bit newbie on linux, I didn't know what kernel-smp mean. Thanks to you and to other people from this great list, now I know. Many thanks, once again. All the best, Hoffmann ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
