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From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To: Tony Maher <tonymaher@optushome.com.au>
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Subject: Re: IBM eserver 325
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Tony Maher wrote:

> Hello,
>
> we have an IBM eServer 325 (AMD64) on trial at work.
> 5.2 installs mostly (I'll try 5.2.1 tomorrow, now I have downloaded ISO's).
> Packages would not install (not that this is critical).
> The main problem is it does not start 2nd CPU.
>
> acpi_cpu0: <CPU> on acpi0
> acpi_cpu1: <CPU> on acpi0
> device_probe_and_attach: acpi_cpu1 attach returned 6

This means that the BIOS didn't register the second CPU in ACPI. Verify
that the BIOS is recognizing the second CPU -- it may be defective.

You can also try booting without ACPI and just using MPtable.

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