Re: SMP on Compaq 850r

2004-04-01 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/04/04 19:29), Pete Clarke wrote: > > I am going to try a clean install of debian on a spare 850 to see if it > > works, I'll ost my results when I find out. > > DOH! How stupid do I feel? I re-ran the SCU and set the OS to Unix/Linux and > the 2nd CPU magically reappeared.. seems I must hav

Re: SMP on Compaq 850r

2004-04-01 Thread Pete Clarke
> I've got a few of their "cousins" - the professional workstation 5000. > The 2nd CPU isn't correctly shut down when you do a soft reboot so you > have to do a hard reboot i.e power cycle to get CPU2 online. I have a 5000Pro also - excellent X terminals. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: SMP on Compaq 850r

2004-04-01 Thread Pete Clarke
> I am going to try a clean install of debian on a spare 850 to see if it > works, I'll ost my results when I find out. DOH! How stupid do I feel? I re-ran the SCU and set the OS to Unix/Linux and the 2nd CPU magically reappeared.. seems I must have changed it at some point... Sorry to waste your

Re: SMP on Compaq 850r

2004-03-31 Thread Chris Smith
Hi, On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:50:57AM +0100, Pete Clarke wrote: > > I'm running an HP Netserver LHPro200 and it is running the same kernel > > and both processors seem to be working fine. I think there was a > > security patch for this kernel a few weeks ago and I didn't notice any > > problems

Re: SMP on Compaq 850r

2004-03-31 Thread Pete Clarke
> I'm running an HP Netserver LHPro200 and it is running the same kernel > and both processors seem to be working fine. I think there was a > security patch for this kernel a few weeks ago and I didn't notice any > problems post upgrade. Wierd ... everything was fine before the last kernel securi

Re: SMP on Compaq 850r

2004-03-31 Thread Clive Menzies
On (01/04/04 00:21), Pete Clarke wrote: > Hi there, > > I have several Proliant 850r's running dual 200mhz Pentium Pro CPU's. > I have noticed that since the last apt-get dist-upgrade the boot procedure > no longer recognises the 2nd CPU. > > Each machine goes through the POST OK, with the bios i

SMP on Compaq 850r

2004-03-31 Thread Pete Clarke
Hi there, I have several Proliant 850r's running dual 200mhz Pentium Pro CPU's. I have noticed that since the last apt-get dist-upgrade the boot procedure no longer recognises the 2nd CPU. Each machine goes through the POST OK, with the bios initialising both processors, but when Debian boots it