Re: tlug: dual-pentium processors

[Michael Chiu <mchiu@example.com>]

Just out of curiousity, what kind of applications would you use a dual
or multi-CPU system on?  I have dual PII MB, but haven't decided what to
do with it... (It was given to me as a gift of appreciation from a
company, but I really needed only one CPU IMHO)...


On Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:36:58 +0900 (JST)
Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, D.A. Walter wrote:
> 
> > Hi.
> > 
> > Does anybody know if Linux supports Dual Pentium processors? I have a
> > DEC Server running WinNT which I would like to use with Linux. Has
> > anybody had any good/bad experiences with Dec Servers and Linux? The CPU
> > are 200Mhz (not MMX) and the HD is connected to an adaptec ultra-SCSI.
> > 
> > Any information you can give me would be very helpful.
> 
> I've got a dual P6-200 server and a dual P5-200 server.  Both work great
> with Linux, and use SMP... I hear that the 2.1.x kernels do SMP better,
> but I haven't had any problems with 2.0.x (yet).
> 
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