Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:02:05 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" <bg271828@yahoo.com> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie--new install on Core 2 Duo? Message-ID: <637200.66443.qm@web53404.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0702122348r3f6c78c7v9843678ea163ee34@mail.gmail.com>
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Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie@gmail.com> wrote: 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. Thanks. I do want to say though that i have *used* FreeBSD alot on the desktop before (though im still pretty novice), i just havnent *installed* it--friends always did it for me. So i'm sure PCBSD or DesktopBSD are good solutions, but i'm trying to do a full install of the real thing, and learn how to do this myself. Jen --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.
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