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Date:      Sat, 14 Feb 1998 15:24:43 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
Cc:        ejon@colltech.com, smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DEC PW 6200 troubles - more info 
Message-ID:  <199802142324.PAA23519@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Feb 1998 12:02:37 MST." <199802141902.MAA19774@panzer.plutotech.com> 

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> 	You're using MP Spec version 1.1, not 1.4.  From my own, and other
> folks' experience, you probably need to enable MP Spec version 1.4 in your
> BIOS in order for the SMP kernel to work.  (This isn't always the case, but
> with newer motherboards, it definitely seems to be...)
> 
> 	So, go into your BIOS, find the option that lets you change the MP
> Spec version, and change it to 1.4.  Send mail back to the list and let us
> know whether this fixes your problem..

And if your BIOS doesn't offer such an option?

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