William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > Robert wrote: <snip> >> For some reason, Anaconda thinks I need an smp kernel. This is a >> wrong-headed notion that showed up in FC1 and continued to FC2, FC3 >> and CentOS 4. It always installs both kernels, making -smp the >> default which I have to change to non-smp for ntpd to work right >> (Gives off-the-chart jitter, never syncs, etc). I have read in one >> place or another that: >> 1. It's O.K. to run an smp kernel on a single-processor machine >> 2. The installer picks the smp kernel if the cpu flag "ht" is set -- >> which mine isn't. >> >> So, can anyone explain why, on a fresh bare-metal install I'm blessed >> with an smp kernel? Also, is the statement about an smp kernel >> running O.K. on a single processor machine pure hogwash or is there >> something goofy about my m/b and/or processor? >> Of course, once there is an -smp kernel installed "yum update >> kernel*" keeps the string of luck going. > > FWIW, SuSE (8.2, 9.2, maybe others) does the same thing :-). > >-- > William A. Mahaffey III >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > Remember, ignorance is bliss, but > willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!! > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Thanks. It's good to know I'm not alone. Frankly, I'm amazed at the number of CORRECT guesses made during installation. BTW, apologies for the HTML in my previous post.