Ubuntu Edgy Eft on Intel T2400 processor

Haa. Finally understand what all those article in the forum meant. I shall put that down into simple layman terms.

What I was trying to do was to update my standard Edgy Eft installation of Ubuntu to an SMP version of Edgy Eft.

Hardware:
Dell Inspiron 640M/E1405 with a Intel T2400 Duo Core processor.

Steps:
- Using the Synaptic Package Manager. Go to the Base System (Restricted) on the right hand side.
- Mark the Linux package. The description will say complete generic Linux Kernel.
(see the screen shot)
- Install the package and reboot.
- During the boot menu, choose the generic version and boot up that image.
- After system up, execute the command "cat /proc/cpuinfo". You should see 2 cpu registered. Alternatively the system monitor should show 2 cpu instead of 1.
- (Optional) Uncheck the Linux 386 package. Update the "/boot/grub/menu.lst" and remove the 386 option.

Thanks to the folks in the Ubuntu Forums! Thanks to google too!













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