From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 13 07:48:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D67C16A407 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:48:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3005113C4A8 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:48:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from almarrie@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i22so1952625wra for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:48:18 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=VXdJUhQH2j0J4bfM+p8V/DXtGxQkt7073HaKNo9UIZAF7ziVytKvagDOT3vvrExhNPdl8GxJElhE6RPX7stYXhCHg2OMBLX7rqWLq6drHUz6QBtV/SsURJ4bv+NXeZ6ynfYrOHK3u1qoZZgg30wVQKtzlzVuzeeK3vnkzce1wTE= Received: by 10.114.254.1 with SMTP id b1mr6404394wai.1171352898235; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:48:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.91.7 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:48:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <499c70c0702122348r3f6c78c7v9843678ea163ee34@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:48:18 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" To: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" In-Reply-To: <20070212173519.78775.qmail@web53402.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070212173519.78775.qmail@web53402.mail.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie--new install on Core 2 Duo? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:48:19 -0000 On 2/12/07, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum 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/