1. Why the SMP and NON-SMP kernel ? Just one or the other is needed, not both. SMP = multi-processor or hyperthreading only ( though may be fine with non SMP .. I haven't examined the .config or the sources ). 2. Why the manual Sytem.map to System.map-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL symlink, also note the spelling. -- Beau Henderson http://www.iminteractive.net On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:40:05 +1100, Wayne Bastow <ayu.njoman at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have updated the kernel to 2.4.21-27.0.2 on Centos 3.4 (was 3.3 when > I did the kernel update) and have modified grub.conf to use the single > CPU kernel: > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > # > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > # root (hd0,0) > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p6 > # initrd /initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/cciss/c0d0 > default=1 > timeout=10 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > title CentOS (2.4.21-27.0.2.EL) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL ro root=LABEL=/ > initrd /initrd-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.img > title CentOS (2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/ > initrd /initrd-2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp.img > title CentOS (2.4.21-27.0.1.EL) > ....... > > I then created a new symbolic link for Sytem.map in /boot to point to > System.map-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL. > > When I reboot the 2.4.21-27.0.1.ELsmp is used and System.map has been > changed to point to the smp kernel. > > Is there a step I'm missing out? > > BTW, the upgrade from 3.3 to 3.4 using yum seems to have worked - I'm > running Oracle on the server. > > Thanks, > Wayne > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >