From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 7 11:42:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from webs1.accretive-networks.net (webs1.accretive-networks.net [207.246.154.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7743B37B416 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:42:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (davidk@localhost) by webs1.accretive-networks.net (8.11.1/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fA7JgKa66936; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:42:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:42:20 -0800 (PST) From: David Kirchner X-X-Sender: To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: m p , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Multi-processor Support In-Reply-To: <00a201c16791$e32b5030$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Message-ID: <20011107113921.W44499-100000@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > No. I always install on the type of configuration targeted for > definitive use, so if it's going to be a multiprocessor system, I make > sure it has two processors (at least) at the time of installation. > Changing to or from a uniprocessor configuration is risky in any > system once it moves to production. One could argue that a machine isn't in production until it has a new kernel compiled - you probably don't want to use GENERIC in a production environment. That is, include recompiling the kernel as part of the installation. In either case, installing a new kernel on an existing operating system is very problem-free. This may not be the case for NT - I have no idea. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message