[geeks] FreeBSD install problem on ALR server

[Ken Hansen]

Are you sure about the dual-CPU limitation?

I ask becuase I suspect ALR worked around that limitation in hardware, and their workarounds might require a *very special* BIOS, unabdl to boot some OSs...

I believe you add CPUs to a carrier card, and that each carrier card can handle two CPUs - but you cna have multiple carrier cards in some machines, IIRC.

The most SMP-capable I have ever been was two-way (I wouldn't know how to control myself in a six-way! ;^P )

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Kirby [mailto:kris at catonic.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 4:22 AM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] FreeBSD install problem on ALR server


On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 nick at snowman.net wrote:
> That's *Un-Possible* <grin>.  No, seriously, the ppro-overdrives are based
> on PII cores, which can only do two way.  It would rock if these could
> take 4 ppro overdrives though.....  Try it out under load for a while
> 	Nick

IIRC,

80686 == Celeron == PII == PIII == PPro

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Kris Kirby, KE4AHR          | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
<kris at nospam.catonic.net>   |
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