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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!mozz.unh.edu!toto.plymouth.edu!oz.plymouth.edu!not-for-mail From: ted@oz.plymouth.edu (Ted Wisniewski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dual Pentium MotherBoard. Date: 28 Sep 1995 13:30:29 -0400 Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, NH. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <44em3l$2qr@oz.plymouth.edu> References: <DFHG2v.7Mw@ritz.mordor.com> <4491rp$gb0@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <44ddbk$6s5@archangel.terraport.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: oz.plymouth.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips:33951 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems:20189 comp.os.linux.hardware:16809 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:6582 In article <44ddbk$6s5@archangel.terraport.net> sobeid@terraport.net (Sam Obeid) writes: >lin1974@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Chien-hung Lin) wrote: > >>In article <DFHG2v.7Mw@ritz.mordor.com>, >>Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.com> wrote: >>>Free/NetBSD/Linux won't take advantage of the extra cpu. >>> >Well think about it two CPU = two fans! > >Anyways you need an OS that will utillize the two CPUs such as Win NT >or Linux, also the programs that you use must also be written in order >to use the extra processors. It doesn't mean it won't work, it just >will not take advantage of it. > I was not aware that Linux would currently do this, does it? It was even mentioned in the article you "quoted". Stop misleading people.