From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 09:01:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1436016A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:01:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8B3043D31 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:01:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (ohoyer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5F91Q9c012152; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:01:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)i5F91PfJ012149; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:01:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) X-Authentication-Warning: gaff.hhhr.ision.net: ohoyer owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:01:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer Sender: ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net To: freebsd_daemon In-Reply-To: <11790.1087212871@www67.gmx.net> Message-ID: <20040615105902.X12115@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <11790.1087212871@www67.gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single Xeon X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:01:39 -0000 On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, freebsd_daemon wrote: > Dear list; > > will all Xeons also run if no second CPU (Xeon) is available? > > I need to know as i am building a system to be used by a small number of > people, but don't know how many it eventually will become. I therefore would > like to keep the system as scaleable as possible and would like to use a > dual board but start with only one CPU. Hi! Well, a single XEON will work fine, no problem. Depending on your Mainboard, you will need a Terminator for the (empty) slot 2, if there is only one CPU installed. The GENERIC kernel will come up just fine, and later, when you have an additional CPU installed, under 4.x just recompile the kernel with SM P switched on, under 5.x ist shall autodetect the second CPU. HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)