From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 6 23:28: 9 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8904137B401 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:28:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from axp.csl.sri.com (axp.csl.sri.com [130.107.2.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 307CD43E4A for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:28:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hogsett@axp.csl.sri.com) Received: from axp.csl.sri.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by axp.csl.sri.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h077RvKl044316; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:27:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hogsett@axp.csl.sri.com) Message-Id: <200301070727.h077RvKl044316@axp.csl.sri.com> To: Mike Hogsett Cc: shubha mr , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP kernel installation In-Reply-To: Message from Mike Hogsett of "Mon, 06 Jan 2003 23:26:00 PST." <200301070726.h077Q0Kl044268@axp.csl.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 8.8 (Time Passed Me By)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 23:27:57 -0800 From: Mike Hogsett Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sorry after re-reading my reply one thing I did not make clear.... Install freebsd as you would with a uniprocessor machine, then boot that install and do what I recommend below - Mike > > You need to recompile the kernel with the SMP options turned on, install > the kernel and reboot. On a reasonable modern machine takes less than 10 > minutes. > > See /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and the FreeBSD Handbook. > > - Mike > > > Hi, > > For a multiprocessor machine,to install FreeBSD,is > > something extra needs to be done from what will be > > done to install the OS for a uni processor machine?I > > mean is there anything different to be installed for a > > symmetric multi processor machine? > > > > thanks > > shubha > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message