drake 9.2 and SMP and a bit more...

[BobOmega]

so i just installed mandrake 9.2 on my server (dual p3 1ghz) and i've run into a few snags.
for one is mandrake even good to use for a server?

i can't tell if its using the 2 cpus or not beacuse when i try the linux-smp on the lilo it dosn't boot. same with secure. hdd errors it looks. but it'll boot the regular linux option just fine.

which brings us to the first question of the day.
how do i edit lilo to use the normal linux as the defult. i've had no luck messing around in the system config thing. under the boot options.

the other one is about the smp. i'm not so attached to drake its just i've had decent luck with it so far. if there is a better one to use i can change.

i want the server to run apache/sql/php/ssh/ftp/tightvnc/ and anything else down the line. but i need to run them all on alt ports except vnc i think.

last one for right now. is there a way i can make it run sshd -p XXXX at startup? beacuse i can't use the normal 22 with my isp and unless i'm here to run that i can't get access.

[jkrohn]

1) Mandrake is fine for use as a server.
2) cat /proc/cupinfo

If it returns info about cpu0 and cpu1, then SMP is working. If not, nope.
3) How did you install the kernel? Urpmi? Manually?
Also you will need to post specific errors that the kernels throw.

4) Edit /etc/lilo.conf
On the first couple of lines you will see

default='XXXXXXX'

In each section, there is label='YYYYYYY'

To boot yyyy change default= to default='YYYYYYY'

Save the file and re-run lilo (/sbin/lilo)
It should print all the options with a * next to the default.

Mandrake can run any of those servers. Any distro of linux can.

You can change the sshd port in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, then just start it in the runlevel.

Jkrohn

[BobOmega]

only get info on processor 0

uhh i let the isntall do the work on that one.
the errors it gives is hda and crc failing. then the boot locks up.
it does the same thing with secure but at a diffrent point.

i'll reboot it and watch and edit/repost when the exact ones soon as i read my apache 2.0 docs a little bit more.

i would so love to edit thoes files except every command line text editor i know of never gets installed. and by start in the run level, what do you mean?


when i try to run the the -smp one i get

freeing unused kernel memory : 160k freed
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }

and so on... if you want i can keep going but it just goes back and forth 4 times then the boot locks

thinking maybe something is up with the hdd?

the exact same thing happens with -secure

[jkrohn]

You should have one at least.
vim should be installed. If not use urpmi to install it. Then you can edit the file.

Other than that it does sound like a HD/partition problem. Try removing those kernels, and installing new ones you pull off of a mirror. (smp)

Jkrohn

[BobOmega]

ok, do i just use rpmdrake to remove the smp one?

edit: uninstalled the 2.4 one reinstalled it same problem
going to try for the 2.2 one i got off rpmfind in a bit

edit edit: had to kick lilo but i'm in 2.2.25-1.1mdksmp
so on to the next problem

i isntalled the 2.4smp and it still does the same thing

funnthing i just noticed
the error comes up in non smp. but linux just keeps going. it dosn't halt (at least i think it halts) the boot.

edit, forgot to mention. the 2.2 kernel dosn't support my nic so its kinda useless.