Michael Hennebry schreef: > On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Matthew Miller wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 01:15:18PM -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: >>> For whatever reason, though I have a Pentium 4 with hyperthreading, >>> my system freezes up with an smp kernel. >>> It also damages my filesystem. >>> When I installed FC5 last night, it only gave me an smp kernel. >>> How do I get a up kernel? >> As root, or via sudo, "yum install kernel". > > I don't need to specifically ask for a uniprocessor kernel? > I'm running in rescue/read-only mode > to keep what I've got from destroying my files. > What do I need to make writeable for yum to work? > >> Does the lockup still occur if you disable hyperthreading in the BIOS? > > I can't figure out how to get to the BIOS. > When I push the reset button, a lot of stuff goes by > before I see the grub screen. > Neither Esc, F1, F12, Pause/Break nor anything else I've > tried gets me to the BIOS screen. > "del" or "F10" could also get you into the BIOS
