On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 03:49:17PM -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > > 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? In FC5 and before, the package named just "kernel" is UP and "kernel-smp" is SMP. (As mentioned elsewhere recently, starting in FC6, they're all SMP.) Make sure you also edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel to match so future defaults are what you want. > 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? To install a new kernel? Well, at minimum, the / partition for /boot and /lib, and /var/cache/yum for yum to work. Possibly more. > > 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 and F2 are also common. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
