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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


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