Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:17:19 +0000 From: Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, vizion@ixpres.com Subject: Re: Configuring SMP on Proliant 5500 Quad Xeon 500Mhz Message-ID: <E18jyRj-000Hbb-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <005e01c2d463$2e3f0cd0$15b55042@vizion2000.net>
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> Here is the system: > Compaq Proliant 5500 > Quad Xeon 500Mhz > havesuccessfully rebuilt the configuration as single > processor and am ready to have another go to build as SMP. > Before doing so some handholding advice would be very > welcome. Its a Compaq. Very wacky systems - the magic incantation to get SMP running is that you have to go into the BIOS Setup and set the operating system type to Novell Netware SMP (?!). I have had to do this with every multi-processor Compaq I've ever put FreeBSD on. SOmething to do with the way it sets up the hardware. I got the tip from a guy in Holland on this list who found it out via trial and error. Aside from that its just a simple matter of adding the two SMP lines to the ketnel config and recompiling. Those 5500's run really nicely under FreeBSD too. -pcf. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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