[techtalk] SMP kernels and ISO images ...

[James Sutherland]

On Wed, 23 May 2001, Julie wrote:

> Greets,
>
> I got my new server home last night (dual 933MHz P3s) and went
> to install Linux only to discover the RedHat 6.1 I have is Just Too
> Old to load on a 60MB disk.  It keeps bailing with "Boot partition
> too big" or words to that effect.  So I'm thinking about downloading
> something a bit more modern.

Did you make a small /boot partition? With disks over 8Gb, you can't boot
reliably from a single large / partition...

> My question is, where do I find ISO images of bootable Linux
> install CDs and are there different images for SMP boxen?

ftp.redhat.com and mirrors. ftp.redhat.com itself is maxed out, but your
local SunSITE should have a copy.


James.