Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 14:23:15 -0500 From: Julie <jar557@ix.netcom.com> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP Message-ID: <389DCA23.CF288614@ix.netcom.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002051953420.1795-100000@boris.netgate.net> <020301bf70b3$3a8eb0b0$827e03cb@ORACLE>
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The problem that I have has nothing to do with overheating. Ive got the proper fans and things, and the temps stay low. What I need is a system that is going to run ppp, AND smp at the same time Without having to revert back to point and click, ie, windows. Doug Young wrote: > FWIW I've been running an archaic dual P100 FreeBSD 3.2 box / SMP > kernel as > a gateway to my LAN for months without the slightest sign of > overheating, even > during a recent hot spell when local temperatures reached about 40C > (inside the case > would have been well over 50C) .... but then I never overclock CPU's. > Another machine > running a Celeron 400 with onboard temperature sensor started beeping > frantically til I > removed the covers & let some of the heat inside escape. I've never > had a spontaneous > reboot with FreeBSD (or SCO / Solaris / Win2000 for that matter) > although I did run an > AMD K6/2-300 with WinNT4 at one stage that did weird stuff like that > fairly often. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "wellsian" <wellsian@caffeine.com> > To: "Julie" <jar557@ix.netcom.com> > Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 2:18 PM > Subject: Re: SMP > > > I'm not using PPP but one thing to watch for is that fbsd will load > an SMP > > system heavily even when "idle". This can tax cpu cooling on > overclocked > > systems and result in magical reboots. There are semi-recent threads > on > > SMP vs. overclocking somewhere in the stable or current group > archives. > > (use GeoCrawler until the natural version is resurrected): > > > > http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/FreeBSD/ > > > > One of my systems is running 2x366 celerons @458. Not impressive by > most > > standards, but those chips are borderline rejects. Using SMP heats > them up > > very quickly until the, uh, auxiliary fans kick in. > > > > Good luck, > > Dave > > > > On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Julie wrote: > > > > > Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 19:35:39 -0500 > > > From: Julie <jar557@ix.netcom.com> > > > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: SMP > > > > > > Just wondering if anyone has had any problems using SMP with > FreeBSD. > > > Getting ready to install it on a box with Dual Celeron 450's > overclocked > > > at 550, with 512 megs of ram. Had major issues getting slackware > to > > > run, the solution there being to install it with smp, then > recompile a > > > new kernel around the smp, that had ppp support. Just curious if > anyone > > > is having the same problems with FreeBSD. > > > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > > > ~Julie > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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