Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:48:18 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie--new install on Core 2 Duo? Message-ID: <499c70c0702122348r3f6c78c7v9843678ea163ee34@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070212173519.78775.qmail@web53402.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20070212173519.78775.qmail@web53402.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 2/12/07, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum <bg271828@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ive never installed FreeBSD by myself, its always been installed for me by someone. But im planning on getting a new laptop soon, thinking of the ThinkPad T60, which now has a Intel Core 2 Due processor. > > What do i need to do to make sure i'm getting the use of both cores? I read through the Handbook on Installation and it doesnt say anything about this. > > Thanks. Any other thoughts welcome! Im a little nervous about this, but the T60 seems to be well supported. > > Jen The best approach to learn more about FreeBSD in my opinion is to install PCBSD 1.3.01 which is based on FreeBSD 6.1 or DesktopBSD 1.6-RC1 which is FreeBSD 6.2 , they will detect your cpus and will install the right kernel to use both cpus beside complete ready FreeBSD with KDE desktop in your thinkpad notebook. http://www.pcbsd.org/?p=download http://desktopbsd.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=940&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60 -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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