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Subject: Configuring SMP on Proliant 5500 Quad Xeon 500Mhz
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:56:36 -0800
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Hi

Here is the system:

Compaq Proliant 5500
Quad Xeon 500Mhz
Booting from Compaq Smart Raid configured to give 3 virtual
drives
JBOD on seperate adaptec SCSI 2 PCI card
Fibre Channel Array 1.2T
Adaptec AHA 6944A/TX 4 port PCI 10/100
NVidia PCI TNT2 M64 32M Video card - working fine after a
struggle - configured as vesa vesa!
Built in ATI Rage IIc (DISABLED) on standard peripheral
interface
FreeBSD 4.7

My first attempt at configuring this system for SMP was a
total failure!! and I also lost the original configuration
as I was unable to re-start successfully with kernel.old. I
havesuccessfully rebuilt the configuration as single
processor and am ready to have another go to build as SMP.
Before doing so some handholding advice would be very
welcome.

Is there anyone out there with a similar system who could
advise.

Thanks


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