Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:27:57 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: baskaran.vellandurai@Covance.Com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP Message-ID: <19991119122757.A19829@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <5EBF4C59CC50D311832200A0C97714293E2CD4@NTEXCH01>; from baskaran.vellandurai@Covance.Com on Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 01:08:24PM -0500 References: <5EBF4C59CC50D311832200A0C97714293E2CD4@NTEXCH01>
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In the last episode (Nov 19), baskaran.vellandurai@Covance.Com said: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 3.3RELEASE on a Compaq Proliant 5000 > with two processors but the boot floppy is not recognizing the second > processor. The boot floppy is built for a single processor, since you don't need two processors to boot and it would just waste space on the floppy. > Can Release 3.3 run in SMP mode on this machine? If not can it safely > run using just one processor since there is no way to disable the > second processor in the BIOS. Once you've installed the system, recompile a kernel with SMP enabled. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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