Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:42:19 -0800 From: Mark Wolfskehl <mark.wolfskehl@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD newbie general and SMP questions for i386] Message-ID: <3FE105FB.3060603@verizon.net>
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Hi, I'm a FreeBSD newbie. I'm considering installing either FreeBSD i386 or Linux on a 2 AMD Athelon CPU machine. The motherboard is an ASUS A7M266-D, and the machine has 2GB memory installed. I'm working on trying to answer some key questions before making a final decision which OS to install (right now the other alternative is SuSe Linux), but perhaps if anyone has some quick answers that would be a help: 1. How stable is SMP support in 5.1, especially compared to the stability of single CPU FreeBSD and Linux in general? 2. In general, how could I characterize the relative performance of FreeBSD and Linux under an SMP kernel and/.or single processors? 3. I'm looking into whether my motherboard conforms to the FreeBSD requirements. I don't know if the 'Intel MP' means you have to have genuine Intel processors, in particular. If anyone can get a quick answer to this, that would be critical, of course. ASUS's website is www.asus.com, and you can just do a search for the motherboard model. They have all the specs and the users manual in pdf online. Thanks in advance. 4. How compatible is FreeBSD with Linux in practice? I understand there is a Linux compatibility module for the kernel? 5. Will FreeBSD run VMWare Workstation virtual machine SW for Linux (in practice)? 6. Anything else I should know as a newbie? Whew! That's a lot, but thanks in advance! Mark Wolfskehl mark.wolfskehl@verizon.net
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