getting online and ramblings

[Steve Jardine]

Want some fun? Try compiling a kernel on 4 different dual core Xeon systems that are all the same mode with different steppings.. I found out the hard way that you can't always use the same choices for hyperthreading, SMP, processor type.. Serious pain in the arse.. 

BTW, being a Scot I have finally figured out why my grandfather always said arse - his accent was so thick he couldn't get the word ass out of his mouth!! :-)

BTW, you need to use the intel driver if they have it. If not, perhaps you have to hand compile it. I had to do that so the optimised AMD compiler I have would make a correct executable.

Steve

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:58:27 +1000
Keith Antoine <kantoine at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Many thanks to all in the list for the very informative answers to my 
> virtualisation question and also re the serial card and modem
> that 10.3 openSUSE was not seeing. To make it easier on myself I waited 
> till this weekend and downloaded openSUSE 11.0 beta1.
> installed it kernel (2.6.25) and now I am back on the net with linux. 
> Seeing that it is the first beta there is only one apparent, at the 
> moment, fix needed
> with my rig and thats the Nvidia 8600 GT card software: I did download 
> what appeared to be suitable drivers i.e. Linux 64 but
> they had to be run with sh. That fine but got an error saying the they 
> were only suitable for x86 systems and mine was not recognised !!!
> They were supposedly AMD 64 drivers but mine is intel 64 quad, afaik 
> thats still x86 ? could not see anything else so assume a bug in
> the beta.
> 
> Next job is to install VMware do I need workstation or that GSX server, 
> comments please: did see and download that vmware converter.
> 
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> Keith Antoine AKA "Skippy"
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