From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 10 16:22:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D96FE16A4CE for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:22:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.errors.firstcallgroup.co.uk (mail.errors.firstcallgroup.co.uk [213.167.69.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D6D43D1F for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:22:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from petefrench@keithprowse.com) Received: from smaug.rattatosk ([172.16.1.8]) by mail.errors.firstcallgroup.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1BYSIh-000KkT-Ar; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:21:11 +0100 Received: from [172.16.1.6] (helo=dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk) by smaug.rattatosk with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1BYSIh-000GU2-2B; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:21:11 +0100 Received: from petefrench by dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk with local (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1BYSIh-0002UU-16; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:21:11 +0100 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, haim@babysnakes.org In-Reply-To: Message-Id: From: Pete French Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:21:11 +0100 Subject: RE: newbie question about compiling kernel on compaq proliant 6400R X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:22:09 -0000 > > I have used a lot of SMP Compaq's over the years - you need to set the > > OS type to Novel netware 3 or 4 SMP and then it works. Its oone of > > those qierd bits of arcane knowledge which gets passed around by word of mouth > > and never makes it into a FAQ for some reason. > thanx. it worked!! Can we please get this into some documentation somewhere ? I am sure I have to post this bit of info far too often considering the abundance of multiprocessor Compaw servers in the world! -pcf.