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Subject: Re: compaq proliant 5500
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On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 12:18:27PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> On Thursday 09 November 2006 21:17, jonathan michaels wrote:
> > greetings all,
> > 
> > i have just aquired a compaq proliant 5500 with 2 (out of the available

trimed for brevity
> 
> FreeBSD will work fine if you have 3 CPUs (add one at a time).  I don't know 
> if the actual hardware would work ok with 3 CPUs though.

so far i've not found any text that says it wont, which is why i asked
about how freebsd would cope.

thanks, for the prompt reply very much appreciated.

most kind regards

jonathan

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