On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:12:57 +0000, Robert Slade wrote > Hi, > > I am new to Free BSD ( and Linux) and have just setup a rather old > Proliant 5000 as a test machine. It has Quad PII processors and I would > like to make use of them. The Install CDs only come with the 'Standard' > kernel. Looking through the handbook implies that support for > multiple processors in 5.3 was removed due to problems. > > I have seen references to a 5.3 SMP kernal though, is it possible to > get hold of this, or do I have to wait for 5.4 to be released? If so > when is this likely to be released. > > Sorry if this is a simple question.
You'll have to recompile the kernel with SMP support. If you don't want to compile your own kernel, you can use SMP, located in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf. If you don't have that, you don't have your kernel sources installed. See http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable. html for more information. Do read every page of that chapter. Jorn > > Thanks > > Rob > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
