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Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:45:42 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Kernel identification

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Steven wrote:

> at 09:25 PM, "J. R. Fox" said:
>
> >(single processor). I am running Rev. 14.088_W4 in ECS, which I thought
> >was the kernel from MCP-2. It had been my impression that Warp 4, WSEB,
> >and ECS each had their own distinct kernels (which could not be
> >interchanged), but I don't really know if that is correct.
>
> You are close. When discussing the v4.5 kernels, there are 3 variants:
>
> Warp4
> Warp4_UNI
> Warp4_SMP
>
> The Warp4 kernels are for all non-SMP Warp distritions. This includes
> Warp4 FP13+, MCP1, MCP2.
>
> Warp4_UNI is for WSeB systems running a SMP motherboard with a single
> processor.
>
> Warp4_SMP is for WSeB systems running multiple processors.

This seems to directly contradict a message I took off the ECS newsgroup, from Oliver
Rick, who runs the WarpUpdates site in Germany.

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" >> Try a later kernel. _W4? That's not eCS ... "

> When I type ver at the command prompt it returns The Operating System/2
> Version is 4.50 so I assume eCS is running, also it says eCS prev1 at
> boot.

" It's based on WSeB, so you have to use the _UNI kernels (or _SMP for SMP
systems). "
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WarpUpdates International/Deutschland & eComStation Compass/Kompass:
http://www.warpupdates.de/
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So he must be wrong. Right ?

Jordan

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