| HowTo
set /etc/lilo.conf for e-smith-up
Author: Darrell May |
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Problem: On newer, single processor, socket 478 motherboards, SME 5.5 installation sets /etc/lilo.conf default to use the smp kernel. Therefore the server fails to boot after installation. Solution: Follow this HowTo to change the default from e-smith to e-smith-up (uni-processor) |
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STEP 1: Start the server. Note the boot screen shows esmith as the top default selection. Manually select e-smith-up by hitting the down arrow to load the uni-processor kernel:
| esmith |
| esmith-up |
STEP 2: If this is not a fresh server install, perform a complete server backup now!
| # /sbin/e-smith/backup |
STEP 3: Issue the commands below to create a custom template to load e-smith-up by default, update lilo, and reboot:
| # /bin/mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/lilo.conf # /bin/echo "default=esmith-up" > /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/lilo.conf/80default # /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/lilo.conf # /sbin/lilo # /sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot |
At start up, note the change to the boot screen which should now have esmith-up as the top default selection. This of course signifies a job well done :-)
| esmith-up |
| esmith |
