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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!torn!blaze.trentu.ca!cegsm From: "Gary S. McKenzie" <cegsm@trentu.ca> Subject: Re: dual processors In-Reply-To: <31C67EA0.9E0C259@unix.sri.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: blaze.trentu.ca Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.960705140128.3415E-100000@blaze.trentu.ca> Sender: news@blaze.trentu.ca (USENET News System) Organization: Trent University References: <31C67EA0.9E0C259@unix.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 18:02:43 GMT Lines: 17 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? > > scottb > > 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.