Bug 6757

Summary:	installer should ask whether to install up or mp kernel by default
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Jonathan Kamens <jik>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Matt Wilson <msw>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	jik
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description Jonathan Kamens 1999-11-05 13:41:11 UTC

The installer automatically selected the multiprocessor
kernel for me, even though my PC has only a single
processor.  The installer should ask the user whether he
wants the single- or multiprocessor kernel to be installed
as the default.

Comment 1 Jay Turner 1999-11-05 17:20:59 UTC

The installer probes the motherboard of the machine to see whether it
is SMP capable and then installs that as the default kernel.  In
addition, the installer creates a second lilo entry called "linux-up"
which will boot the uniprocessor kernel.  We are in the process of
determining the feature set for the next release and will keep this
suggestion in mind.  Thanks.

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2003-03-04 21:38:44 UTC

The current behavior appears to be working well.