Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:18:27 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Cc: jonathan michaels <jlm@caamora.com.au> Subject: Re: compaq proliant 5500 Message-ID: <200611131218.27624.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20061110131740.25998@caamora.com.au> References: <20061110131740.25998@caamora.com.au>
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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 > 4 slots) 550/100 PIII intel zeon cpus --- it also has a 50 gb raid5 > "array" (made up with 5x 9.1 gb scsi3 ultra drives), 1.2 gb dram and a > truckload of fans and optional powersully and all sorts of redundant > stuff in this box. > > my question is in regards to compiling a new kernel .. i've been using > freebsd since v2.0.5-release, with the main backbone still using intel > i486dx33 macyines and freebsd v2.2.5-release. in one step i have > plunged into the 2006's both hardware and operating system. > > there are several ways to build a new kernel, which would be the > simplest one and for the easiest to understand (i hace some cognitive > impearment caused by brain damage from birth, i'm on welfare). Probably just 'make buildkernel'. > how would i go about setting up teh "make.conf" file to take up the > advantages of have a multiple cpu machine. Just use the SMP kernel config and you should be fine. 'make buildkernel KERNCONF=SMP' and when that finishes 'make installkernel' will install it. > finally, to upgrade this platform, can i add cpu's one at a time or i > it only possible to add cpus two at a time. 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. -- John Baldwin
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