Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:59:10 +1000 (EST) From: User Raymond <raymond@one.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: The need for speed Message-ID: <200111130859.SAA61975@gw.one.com.au>
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We use uni and dual processor PIII systems with FreeBSD and the MUMPS language (it's an ANSI database language - see http://www.mumps.org/ ). The language and application tend to be mainly processor bound (due to the poor coding in the language, mine). I'm looking for more speed than a dual 1GHZ PIII system for a largish customer - to this end I'm attempting to boot FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE on an Intel server with 4 x Pentium xeon 700MHZ processors, each with 1MB cache. Wether I boot from floppy or CD, this thing immediately halts (no twirling batton at all) with "BTX halted" after a lot of numbers. (I can copy down all the crash screen if this is any use to anyone.) So - two questions... 1. Have I encountered a known (fixable) problem? 2. What is the best way to go to get more grunt than a dual 1GHZ PIII? Ray Newman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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