Intel S5000PAL manual SMP Motherboards and Grub

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Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4*

Intel® Server Board S5000PAL

Commercial boot loaders - You can load Linux using commercial boot loaders. For example, System Commander and Partition Magic are able to boot Linux (but still require GRUB to be installed in your Linux root partition).

Note: Boot loaders such as LOADLIN and System Commander are considered to be third-party boot loaders and are not supported by Red Hat.

SMP Motherboards and GRUB

This section is specific to SMP motherboards only. SMP, short for Symmetric Multiprocessing, is a computer architecture providing fast performance by making multiple CPUs available to complete individual processes simultaneously (multiprocessing).

If the installation program detects an SMP motherboard on your system, it automatically creates two boot loader entries.

Note: An SMP kernel is installed by default on Intel® Pentium® 4 systems with hyperthreading.

The two GRUB entries are Red Hat Enterprise Linux (kernel version) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (kernel version-smp). The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (kernel version-smp) boots by default. However, if you have trouble with the SMP kernel, you can elect to boot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (kernel version) entry instead. You retain all the functionality as before, but only operate with a single processor.

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Contents Installing Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Contents Appendix a Additional Boot Options Red Hat Linux Pass-Through Hardware Requirements Reseller Steps to Receive Pass-Thru OS CertificationConfiguration Hardware ComponentsSAS RAID CD-ROM Installed Module 1064e SAS I/O Embedded mptsas Quantity Model/Version Software Used in the Installation Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4* Installation Graphical Installation Program User InterfaceConsole, Keystrokes, and Contents Text Mode Installation Program User Interface Installation Program Widgets as seen in Disk DruidUsing the Keyboard to Navigate Starting the Installation Program Booting the Installation Program on x86 and Intel 64 SystemsAdditional Boot Options Kernel Options Linux mediacheckSelecting an Installation Method Installing from CD-ROMWhat If the IDE CD-ROM Was Not Found? Installing via NFS Installing from a Hard DrivePerforming a Network Installation Next, enter the name of the exported directory Installing via FTP Installing via HttpHttp Setup Dialog Welcome to Red Hat Enterprise LinuxLanguage Selection Language SelectionKeyboard Configuration Disk Partitioning SetupDisk Partitioning Setup Automatic Partitioning10. Automatic Partitioning Partitioning Your System Graphical Display of Hard DrivesDisk Druid’s Buttons Partition Fields Recommended Partitioning SchemePage Page Adding Partitions 12. Partitioning with Disk Druid on x86 and Intel 64 SystemsFile System Types Deleting a Partition X86 and Intel 64 Boot Loader ConfigurationEditing Partitions Page Advanced Boot Loader Configuration 13. Boot Loader InstallationRescue Mode Alternative Boot LoadersSMP Motherboards and Grub Network Configuration 14. Network Configuration15. Editing a network Device Firewall Configuration ∙ Enable firewallMake -C /etc/mail Language Support Selection 17. Language Support Selection Time Zone Configuration 18. Configuring the Time ZoneSet Root Password 19. Root PasswordPackage Group Selection 20. Package Group Selection Installation Complete Preparing to InstallInstalling Packages Page Appendix a Additional Boot Options Page Nofb Page Copyright 2006, Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved
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