Re: SASQ: Building and installing multiprocessor kernels
Brett <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:48:27 -0800 Justin Lindberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Why does "make install" install the GENERIC.MP > kernel as "bsd" rather than "bsd.mp"? > This is so the bootloader can run "bsd" on boot, and it will work, whether you have a single or multiprocessor machine. > What is the simplest, most straightforward way > to install the multiprocessor kernel alongside > the single-processor kernel just as it would be > installed by a release? > If you have a multiprocessor machine, both kernels should be installed by the install cd. At the boot prompt, do nothing and your machine will boot "/bsd" which will be the mp kernel. Otherwise type "boot bsd.sp" at the boot> prompt and the sp kernel will boot instead. This www mailing list is supposed to be for discussing the website, misc@ is where these questions should be sent to, if you can't find the answers from the website, manpages or a search engine. Brett.