[lug] XFS filesystem core code goes into AC series

[Peter Hutnick]

The Matt said:
> On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 17:56, Peter Hutnick wrote:

>> Uh . . . a single processor kernel will work fine on an SMP box.  Your
>> fsck (or "vi /mnt/etc/fstab" or whatever) ain't going to take much
>> longer using only one CPU.
>
> Well, a month or so ago, my Grub screwed up.  To the point that it just
> locked up on boot.  So, I had to use my bootdisk, then get to X and read
> how to get Lilo up and running.  You learn quickly that if your box is
> SMP and each processor is rather modest, you really don't want to run
> GNOME 2.2 on just one.  So, I decided I think having a bootdisk with
> both processors running is a good thing.
>
> Yes, I know a UP kernel is fine, but for those of us whose boxes are not
> Athlon 2200+ duals, having both procs running is a need in X.

     <ribbing class="good.natured">
If you need GNOME2 to fix grub I don't think that the capacity of a floppy
disk or the speed of your processor is your real limitation.
     </ribbing>

Seriously, I keep XFCE (and lynx and links) around for this sort of thing.

-Peter