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How can I tell if my ProLiant 2500 is utilizing both CPUs with RH9?
Well, the FC1 upgrade was waiting for me to tell it that it was ok to
delete dependencies when I got home. I told it yes, and then a minute later I got slammed by GPG issues. I've tried to trust every GPG key I can find. Unfortunately, a couple of them must've been dependent on the keys that errored when I tried to load them. I'm starting to feel that FC5 is definitely out of the running. I'm nervous about your drive array statement. As a linux newbie, I'm not all that familiar with finding and loading drivers, and the Smart 2/P controller was recognized easily by RH9. Sigh. VinceV wrote: I've got Gentoo Linux kernel 2.6.3 installed on the 2500 right now. You might want to disable the frame buffer on RH9 (if you can) using the gentoo installer the boot line for 256m of ram is: gentoo-nofb memmap=exactmap memmap=640K@0M memmap=255M@1M now once you get the install started you get to have fun with the array controller. If you have a Smart Series you'll find that the drives get different path names at various points of system startup. There is a couple of good howto's on the Gentoo forums. VinceV wrote: Is Gentoo a 2.4 or 2.6 Kernel? Nothing I've tried based on 2.6 has even made it to the Install phase. It sounds like I have the same config as you, except I don't have as much RAM and I have more drives. Because I'm running out of desk space in my home office, my wife is currently enjoying the fact that there is now a ProLiant 2500 and a 7-bay Storage System sitting in the corner of our bedroom. I moved my bedside table and have my clock radio on top of the server. :-) I gotta find a countertop to build a wall unit in my office. She may kill me and stuff me inside that server if I don't. VinceV wrote: LOL Actually, I'm a fan of the Gentoo distribution. Doing a Stage 1 install on the Proliant 2500 takes a long 3 day weekend to accomplish. I love their emerge software distribution tool. I started down this path like you have, got a machine and wanted to use it. I'm stubborn enough that when someone tells me it can't be done that I'll give it a good effort to show that it can. I've had that system up for 2-3 years now and it is solid. I have a couple in the closet that I've retired (replaced with 1850's and DL380 G1s) for spare parts. Since I'm not running data intensive applications the response times are adequate. My direct e-mail is vpvATak7DOTcom, VinceV wrote: See, now Vince, there you go again. I'm just going to stop using Usenet and just e-mail you directly. :-) You're apparently the only other person out there sick enough to use a ProLiant 2500 in 2006! I'm not sure if top is installed, if it wasn't included with RH9, it isn't installed. I'll try that. Of course, the "yum upgrade" I started last night to upgrade to FC1 is still running (Hopefully it will be up to four or five progress dots on Resolving Dependencies by the time I get home). :-( Kids, don't try this at home! This is an untrained amateur who should know better! Steve VinceV wrote: Steven, Have you installed top? Launch top (type top at the command prompt) and then press the 1 key which will show the cpu utilization for each processor. Did you compile your own kernel? When you do (and you sould!) make sure you turn SMP on. I use a Proliant 2500 as my main mail server and stats viewer (awstats, apache, php) and it is great for that. Its no screamer but it gets the job done. Rock solid, never down. VinceV wrote: Some of you know that I have just installed RH9 on my 2500. I used SmartStart 5.5 and did a manual configuration for Linux OS, but I never saw the prompt to load the Configuration partition during that process. Now I have the system running, but it refuses to run KDE, Gnome or Xwindows. (I know, I shouldn't need them, but I'm a newb!) F10 does nothing for me (because I have no partition for it) When I boot the system, it lists both CPUs, but it takes so long to do anything, I question whether or not the second CPU is being utilized. Any hints? Steve |
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How can I tell if my ProLiant 2500 is utilizing both CPUs with RH9?
Not that a true l33t gUrU like yourself needs it, but can you run GUI
interfaces on yours? Steve VinceV wrote: LOL Actually, I'm a fan of the Gentoo distribution. Doing a Stage 1 install on the Proliant 2500 takes a long 3 day weekend to accomplish. I love their emerge software distribution tool. I started down this path like you have, got a machine and wanted to use it. I'm stubborn enough that when someone tells me it can't be done that I'll give it a good effort to show that it can. I've had that system up for 2-3 years now and it is solid. I have a couple in the closet that I've retired (replaced with 1850's and DL380 G1s) for spare parts. Since I'm not running data intensive applications the response times are adequate. My direct e-mail is vpvATak7DOTcom, VinceV wrote: See, now Vince, there you go again. I'm just going to stop using Usenet and just e-mail you directly. :-) You're apparently the only other person out there sick enough to use a ProLiant 2500 in 2006! I'm not sure if top is installed, if it wasn't included with RH9, it isn't installed. I'll try that. Of course, the "yum upgrade" I started last night to upgrade to FC1 is still running (Hopefully it will be up to four or five progress dots on Resolving Dependencies by the time I get home). :-( Kids, don't try this at home! This is an untrained amateur who should know better! Steve VinceV wrote: Steven, Have you installed top? Launch top (type top at the command prompt) and then press the 1 key which will show the cpu utilization for each processor. Did you compile your own kernel? When you do (and you sould!) make sure you turn SMP on. I use a Proliant 2500 as my main mail server and stats viewer (awstats, apache, php) and it is great for that. Its no screamer but it gets the job done. Rock solid, never down. VinceV wrote: Some of you know that I have just installed RH9 on my 2500. I used SmartStart 5.5 and did a manual configuration for Linux OS, but I never saw the prompt to load the Configuration partition during that process. Now I have the system running, but it refuses to run KDE, Gnome or Xwindows. (I know, I shouldn't need them, but I'm a newb!) F10 does nothing for me (because I have no partition for it) When I boot the system, it lists both CPUs, but it takes so long to do anything, I question whether or not the second CPU is being utilized. Any hints? Steve |
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How can I tell if my ProLiant 2500 is utilizing both CPUs with RH9?
If I want a gui I install webmin and use my desktop pc to manage the
server. I had to do this for my wife, a web designer who is command line challenged. One of the reasons that I was drawn to Gentoo was the excellent set of howto articles that are available on their site. These articles go beyond basic system setup and install. They provide detailed instructions on how to build purpose specifc servers (mail, web host, file server, samba, etc). You can use them as a reference for just about any linux distro. I'm no l33t user, I started right where you are now, with a box and a desire to learn. It can be a frustrating road, especially with older hardware, but you will get it done! VinceV wrote: Not that a true l33t gUrU like yourself needs it, but can you run GUI interfaces on yours? Steve VinceV wrote: LOL Actually, I'm a fan of the Gentoo distribution. Doing a Stage 1 install on the Proliant 2500 takes a long 3 day weekend to accomplish. I love their emerge software distribution tool. I started down this path like you have, got a machine and wanted to use it. I'm stubborn enough that when someone tells me it can't be done that I'll give it a good effort to show that it can. I've had that system up for 2-3 years now and it is solid. I have a couple in the closet that I've retired (replaced with 1850's and DL380 G1s) for spare parts. Since I'm not running data intensive applications the response times are adequate. My direct e-mail is vpvATak7DOTcom, VinceV wrote: See, now Vince, there you go again. I'm just going to stop using Usenet and just e-mail you directly. :-) You're apparently the only other person out there sick enough to use a ProLiant 2500 in 2006! I'm not sure if top is installed, if it wasn't included with RH9, it isn't installed. I'll try that. Of course, the "yum upgrade" I started last night to upgrade to FC1 is still running (Hopefully it will be up to four or five progress dots on Resolving Dependencies by the time I get home). :-( Kids, don't try this at home! This is an untrained amateur who should know better! Steve VinceV wrote: Steven, Have you installed top? Launch top (type top at the command prompt) and then press the 1 key which will show the cpu utilization for each processor. Did you compile your own kernel? When you do (and you sould!) make sure you turn SMP on. I use a Proliant 2500 as my main mail server and stats viewer (awstats, apache, php) and it is great for that. Its no screamer but it gets the job done. Rock solid, never down. VinceV wrote: Some of you know that I have just installed RH9 on my 2500. I used SmartStart 5.5 and did a manual configuration for Linux OS, but I never saw the prompt to load the Configuration partition during that process. Now I have the system running, but it refuses to run KDE, Gnome or Xwindows. (I know, I shouldn't need them, but I'm a newb!) F10 does nothing for me (because I have no partition for it) When I boot the system, it lists both CPUs, but it takes so long to do anything, I question whether or not the second CPU is being utilized. Any hints? Steve |
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How can I tell if my ProLiant 2500 is utilizing both CPUs with RH9?
Well, a status update for you. I got the FC1 upgrade to go through. I
have loaded SSH support and Webmin, so I can manage the server via PuTTY, WinSCP and Webmin. Apache is running. The FC2 upgrade just didn't. I saw no errors; it just wasn't there when I got home. That's one downside of a slow server. I can't babysit the upgrades and I have no way of knowing what errors might have occurred that have already scrolled off the page. I think I'm going to have to find some more RAM. 320MB is just too painful. Unfortunately, the RAM has gone through the "obsolete and therefore cheap and plentiful" stage and is now in the "we're the only folks that still have it" stage. I saw an ebayer selling 128MB sticks for about $20 each with $50 shipping!!! Excuse me? Does RAM weigh that much on YOUR planet? Scalpers! Anyway, going to attempt another FC2 upgrade tonight. L8r, Steve VinceV wrote: If I want a gui I install webmin and use my desktop pc to manage the server. I had to do this for my wife, a web designer who is command line challenged. One of the reasons that I was drawn to Gentoo was the excellent set of howto articles that are available on their site. These articles go beyond basic system setup and install. They provide detailed instructions on how to build purpose specifc servers (mail, web host, file server, samba, etc). You can use them as a reference for just about any linux distro. I'm no l33t user, I started right where you are now, with a box and a desire to learn. It can be a frustrating road, especially with older hardware, but you will get it done! VinceV wrote: Not that a true l33t gUrU like yourself needs it, but can you run GUI interfaces on yours? Steve VinceV wrote: LOL Actually, I'm a fan of the Gentoo distribution. Doing a Stage 1 install on the Proliant 2500 takes a long 3 day weekend to accomplish. I love their emerge software distribution tool. I started down this path like you have, got a machine and wanted to use it. I'm stubborn enough that when someone tells me it can't be done that I'll give it a good effort to show that it can. I've had that system up for 2-3 years now and it is solid. I have a couple in the closet that I've retired (replaced with 1850's and DL380 G1s) for spare parts. Since I'm not running data intensive applications the response times are adequate. My direct e-mail is vpvATak7DOTcom, VinceV wrote: See, now Vince, there you go again. I'm just going to stop using Usenet and just e-mail you directly. :-) You're apparently the only other person out there sick enough to use a ProLiant 2500 in 2006! I'm not sure if top is installed, if it wasn't included with RH9, it isn't installed. I'll try that. Of course, the "yum upgrade" I started last night to upgrade to FC1 is still running (Hopefully it will be up to four or five progress dots on Resolving Dependencies by the time I get home). :-( Kids, don't try this at home! This is an untrained amateur who should know better! Steve VinceV wrote: Steven, Have you installed top? Launch top (type top at the command prompt) and then press the 1 key which will show the cpu utilization for each processor. Did you compile your own kernel? When you do (and you sould!) make sure you turn SMP on. I use a Proliant 2500 as my main mail server and stats viewer (awstats, apache, php) and it is great for that. Its no screamer but it gets the job done. Rock solid, never down. VinceV wrote: Some of you know that I have just installed RH9 on my 2500. I used SmartStart 5.5 and did a manual configuration for Linux OS, but I never saw the prompt to load the Configuration partition during that process. Now I have the system running, but it refuses to run KDE, Gnome or Xwindows. (I know, I shouldn't need them, but I'm a newb!) F10 does nothing for me (because I have no partition for it) When I boot the system, it lists both CPUs, but it takes so long to do anything, I question whether or not the second CPU is being utilized. Any hints? Steve |
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