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From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:25:18 +0000
In-Reply-To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
       "Re: SMP kernel on Compaq anyone?" (Mar 18,  9:06am)
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Subject: Re: SMP kernel on Compaq anyone?
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On Mar 18,  9:06am, John Polstra wrote:
} Subject: Re: SMP kernel on Compaq anyone?
> In article <3.0.5.32.19980317211035.00a2b290@pop.cantv.net>,
> =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Luis_E=2E_Mu=F1oz=22?=  <lem@cantv.net> wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone running SMP FreeBSD on Compaq hardware?
> > I would be interested in knowing about your setup
> > as we're considering this alternative.

> I don't know the answer to your question, but I would be surprised if
> SMP FreeBSD ran on Compaq machines.  Compaq, like the neighborhood
> dog, is incapable of walking past a bush without pissing on it.  As
> a result, Compaq hardware is incompatible in many ways, down to
> the smallest trivial detail.  Even the power supply connectors are
> nonstandard.  Even the screws holding the case together are strange.
> This was true years ago when I made the mistake of buying a Compaq
> DeskPro 386/20, and it's been true ever since.

I was using FreeBSD on an HP E40 for development last summer and it worked
fine.  I think they make multiprocessor versions of these machines, 
I have no experience of them but they might be worth a look.

Regards,

Niall

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