From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 13 15:02:06 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 D1B8716A420 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:02:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bg271828@yahoo.com) Received: from web53404.mail.yahoo.com (web53404.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.37.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8650413C471 for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:02:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bg271828@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 70890 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Feb 2007 15:02:05 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=pjYijtoxwUycOkh28iPaAH29EVnBn7ntyI8QIiutcsVqqSGxDn5bdV9acxkZacmowcE9N/ZbDEpF5aGUTlJwZ1DzbXx832hmCnHkzzPZeUcIn2ge5gdRD5N5Wcr3ILrTCEsgum6L/IPyv/nlqZyVncW5UigOWg5Mw1D9FMHp5pY=; X-YMail-OSG: _EYkEokVM1mvcnkv8xdgclvpnABdBUGTG4zyFm3XaARdJJmP_NyUgSpMeXOLki5HgVvZ6FsQhybvAhUor4IkkOWRRIE1zvRHtPFEhYg9iHOALAIfNX8Td6J4bKc.FIcm8XZqJf25J3PBnvw- Received: from [12.182.77.130] by web53404.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:02:05 PST Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:02:05 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri In-Reply-To: <499c70c0702122348r3f6c78c7v9843678ea163ee34@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <637200.66443.qm@web53404.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 15:02:06 -0000 Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri 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.