hi everybody! i'm new here as a writer but i've learned a lot from this site. many thanks for all of the contributors of this site! i'd like to ask you about which kernel is that i need for this machine: http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100/ the server now running with debian default kernel which isn't very good because the system see only the half of the ram and the half of the processor speed. i'd like to use all of my modest 2Gb rams and use properly the dual core processor. but i don't want to use the 64bit kernel because i can't upgrade my rams now. the next problem is this server is up and running at an ISP far away from me. is there out any precompiled kernel which is fit for my needs? if not, which kernel is that optimal for this server? many thanks for your help: fabrik
How much memory does the system have? What processor type? What are the outputs of Code: uname -a , Code: cat/proc/cpuinfo and Code: cat /proc/meminfo ?
hi falko, thanks for your reply. Code: uname -a Linux finger 2.6.18-5-486 #1 Mon Dec 24 16:04:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Code: cat/proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 67 model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 1214 stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 2211.436 cache size : 1024 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc bogomips : 4426.20 Code: cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 906792 kB MemFree: 22816 kB Buffers: 57512 kB Cached: 661816 kB SwapCached: 24 kB Active: 575536 kB Inactive: 253176 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 906792 kB LowFree: 22816 kB SwapTotal: 3145720 kB SwapFree: 3145696 kB Dirty: 4 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 109380 kB Mapped: 19040 kB Slab: 45544 kB PageTables: 1308 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 3599116 kB Committed_AS: 381672 kB VmallocTotal: 122576 kB VmallocUsed: 6996 kB VmallocChunk: 113192 kB
Within this thread, there i've mentioned an example how you can install an smp-kernel: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?p=102942#post102942
that's my biggest problem. which smp kernel is that i should install? i've read somewhere k8==opteron64 so maybe this is what i need. another writing suggest i should install simply the amd64 kernel. another problem is the raid system which is based on this http://www.planamente.ch/emidio/pages/linux_howto_root_lvm_raid_etch.php will the raid array work when i simply install a kernel (not compiling it)?
On Debian Etch, If you do an: apt-cache search kernel-image | grep smp You will find the kernel image: kernel-image-2.6-amd64-k8-smp This should be the right one for you, as you have AMD Opteron processors. EMT64 kernels are for Intel processors. And yes, you can make use of software RAID with a Debian kernel image, without compiling it. I use it myself. I did setup software RAID during the first setup, not afterwards.
that was very hard. 2hours of jitter without any connection between me and the server. the isp was very kind and finally the original kernel was selected. now everything is fine except that the kernel is the original not the amd64. why? i'm ran into a bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=411663 i don't know what to do. i don't think this bug was solved.
