Re: dual pentium
In your email to me, Bruce Perens, you wrote:
>
> I haven't heard of anyone trying SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) yet.
> You'd probably be the first.
>
> You'd have to recompile the kernel with SMP support. There also may be
> some SMP support tools that should be packaged for Debian. Try it out,
> and tell us how difficult it was.
>
I had debian 1.1.5 with the 2.0.25 kernel running on a Dell PPro
dual setup, with 64MB ram and a 2940UW. All you have to do is
edit the makefile to use SMP. It's real interesting to see the
kernel boot and show the bogomips. :) The box was *quick*!
Tim
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