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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dual processors
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 13:39:09 -0700
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Gary S. McKenzie wrote:
] On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Scott Banachowski wrote:
]
] > Does FreeBSD support dual processor motherboards?
] > Just curious.
] > I booted up a dual-Pentium with the boot floppy,
] > and it appeared to only recognize a single CPU.
] >
] > If it doesn't support 2 processors, does anyone
] > know of an operating system that does (besides
] > NT please)? Or when FreeBSD will support it?
]
] Check out Solaris 2.5.1 it supports SMP and has run on up to 32
] processors in parallel. One can get it at an educational institute
] for 45% off the regular price.
Or you can get the FreeBSD (or Linux) SMP code for free, have
source code, and hack on it.
Assuming that your educational institution wants it to educate
computer scientists, not to run programs written in COBOL for
institutional administration.
An OS without source code is, after all, not very educational
(except in the sense of being an object lesson).
Regards,
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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