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Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 20:26:46 -0700
From: scarter@pobox.com
To: Julie <jar557@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: SMP
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Nope, I used PPP on this machine for a while and I dont remember any
problems.

-Steve

Julie wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your help.  So you have no problem using ppp with FreeBSD,
> using smp then?  That is where the problem originated in slackware.  Everything
> ran fine, except for ppp.  For some reason the kernel didnt support ppp, and
> smp at the same time.
> 
> ~Julie
> 
> scarter@pobox.com wrote:
> 
> > Julie,
> >
> > I have a Tyan Tomcat IV w/ 2 x P233MMX (state of the art when I bought
> > it).  I have never had a problem, never had a kernel fail to boot ...
> >
> > It's almost worth the extra $'s just for the cool 'top' output and some of
> > the startup messages:
> >
> >   PID USERNAME PRI NICE  SIZE    RES STATE  C   TIME   WCPU    CPU COMMAND
> > 34373 scarter   28   0  1568K   768K CPU0   0   0:00  0.19%  0.10% top
> > 26880 scarter    2   0 53772K 47140K select 0  23:30  0.00%  0.00% netscape
> > 19119 scarter    2   0  2428K  1560K select 0   1:46  0.00%  0.00% BitchX
> >   167 root       2   0  1312K   632K select 1   0:14  0.00%  0.00% sendmail
> >   121 root       2   0   824K   440K select 1   0:11  0.00%  0.00% syslogd
> > 34340 scarter    2   0  2436K  1748K select 1   0:01  0.00%  0.00% xterm
> >
> > Note the 'C' column ... ;)
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> > Julie wrote:
> > > Just wondering if anyone has had any problems using SMP with FreeBSD.
> > > Getting ready to install it on a box with Dual Celeron 450's overclocked
> > > at 550, with 512 megs of ram.  Had major issues getting slackware to
> > > run, the solution there being to install it with smp, then recompile a
> > > new kernel around the smp, that had ppp support.  Just curious if anyone
> > > is having the same problems with FreeBSD.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > ~Julie
> > >
> > >
> > >
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