Install smp kernel

[sharonenoch]

I have already installed fedora core 3 in my system.

how can i install the smp kernel also along with this?
i have downloaded the smp kerenel rpm

do i just install it by using an rpm -ivh command? or is there anything more that i should do?

Sharon

[Opnosforatou]

I have already installed fedora core 3 in my system.

how can i install the smp kernel also along with this?
i have downloaded the smp kerenel rpm

do i just install it by using an rpm -ivh command? or is there anything more that i should do?

Sharon

You can use rpm to install it
You also have all the needed modules for your hardware ?
(Like NVidia driver module ? )

Be sure to check your Grub configuration.
It should have an entry for your SMP kernel.
If not, you'll need to edit the grub config.

If you use Synaptic or Apt-Get to install the smp kernel, the grub config should be modified by those apps.

[sharonenoch]

i installed it and had to add the info in the grub.conf

i had to do a mkinitrd command since i was using a customized smp kernel rpm to get the initrd image in the /boot

after that i rebooted and is working fine.

i have one doubt , if i had downloaded the rpm from the net would the initrd image get created automatically?

could you explain in simle terms what the mkinitrd command does since i read the man page but just got only a very vague idea of what it does

thanks

[techieMoe]

I have already installed fedora core 3 in my system.

how can i install the smp kernel also along with this?
i have downloaded the smp kerenel rpm

If you have a dual-processor system (or a hyperthreaded Pentium), the SMP kernel *should* have been installed by default.