[3532] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Problems with updating recently loaded machines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Aug 13 23:13:51 2001
To: Chris Terman <cjt@lcs.mit.edu>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 13 Aug 2001 23:13:41 -0400
In-Reply-To: Chris Terman's message of "Mon, 13 Aug 2001 19:12:31 -0400"
Message-ID: <sjm1ymf72qi.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Yes, SMP is known not-to-work in the current version.
-derek
Chris Terman <cjt@lcs.mit.edu> writes:
> [If there's a better place to send this info please let me
> know -- Thanks.]
>
> After loading several different machines in the 6.004 lab
> last week using the SIPB-IS linux-boot-floppy, running
> update_ws (either automatically or manually) to version
> 8.4.25 causes the kernel-smp package to be erased. This
> seems to break detection of the eth0 interface on reboot and
> subsequently the ifup script in sysconfig/network-scripts fails
> since eth0 is not found by ifconfig. Both machines (an HP XU6/200
> and a Dell Optiplex GX1) actually had dual-processor motherboards,
> and the Dell had a second processor installed. However, the
> vanilla 6.001 workstations seem have to suffered the same failure.
>
> Attempts to run "update_ws 9.0" produces the following
> conflict report:
>
> Update would break dependencies:
> yp-tools is needed by ypbind-1.7-0.6.x
> *** The update has failed ***
>
> Neither problem is crucial, but it would be nice to be able to
> keep the 6.004 lab machines on autoupdate and to eventually
> migrate to the 2.4 kernel, so any hints as to workarounds would
> be helpful. Thanks.
>
> - Chris
>
>
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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