smp boot and install?

[David Williamson]

On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 05:19 -0500, Nikola wrote:
> It should install fine. I have similar mobo, Soltek SL-68A (same chipset
> as Abit bp-6), with dual celerons (overclocked from 300 to 55Mhz).
> LiveCD doesn't work, but installation did. Later I downloaded smp
> kernel. Only problem is that my PC is unstable (not because of
> overclocking, happens too with default 300Mhz. I have to add "no-hlt"
> option to grub when booting. CPUs are a little bit hotter then (since
> they not use hlt), but it is much better.
> You can use it with stock kernel, so dual cpu is not the cause of your
> problem with installation.

Thanks for posting your experience with the dual-celery mobo.  I guess I
have to find another solution - maybe it's the cd-rom drive, maybe
something else.  But at least now I know it's NOT the smp problem. 

Thanks very much!

dave