Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:41:09 +0100 (CET) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: User Raymond <raymond@one.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: The need for speed Message-ID: <XFMail.20011113104109.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <200111130859.SAA61975@gw.one.com.au>
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I really have no clue but I'd try removing all but the 1st processor and try again. Maybe the install prog gets confused by the wealth of processors? /M On 13-Nov-2001 User Raymond wrote: > > We use uni and dual processor PIII systems with FreeBSD and the MUMPS > language (it's an ANSI database language - see http://www.mumps.org/ ). > The language and application tend to be mainly processor bound (due > to the poor coding in the language, mine). I'm looking for more speed > than a dual 1GHZ PIII system for a largish customer - to this end I'm > attempting to boot FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE on an Intel server with > 4 x Pentium xeon 700MHZ processors, each with 1MB cache. > > Wether I boot from floppy or CD, this thing immediately halts > (no twirling batton at all) with "BTX halted" after a lot of numbers. > (I can copy down all the crash screen if this is any use to anyone.) > > So - two questions... > > 1. Have I encountered a known (fixable) problem? > > 2. What is the best way to go to get more grunt than a dual 1GHZ PIII? > > > Ray Newman > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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