dual cpu question...

[waynehartwig]

I'm runing Mandrake Linux on my server. I recently added another 3.6/800/1m ghz Xeon CPU. I look in the BIOS, and it is detected, but when I load Linux, it doesn't show two CPU's, only the original one.

How do I resolve this? I want to be able to utilize the second CPU!

 

[JoeT]

I'm runing Mandrake Linux on my server. I recently added another 3.6/800/1m ghz Xeon CPU. I look in the BIOS, and it is detected, but when I load Linux, it doesn't show two CPU's, only the original one.

How do I resolve this? I want to be able to utilize the second CPU!

Load XP Pro. I'm sitting here typing on a Dual 3.0 gig Xeon w/ 4 gigs of mem.

 

[78mitsu]

the kernel has to be re-compiled with teh smp option set, In FBSD anyways. let me do some pokin' around see what Mandrake has to have to run SMP. What version of Mandrake are you at?

 

[scoutabout]

Need an SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) kernel. If you loaded linux first then installed the second cpu, you're still running a single proc kernel. If you're comfortable, recompile by hand with SMP enabled. An alternative would be to reinstall from scratch, and it'll detect the dual cpu setup.

 

[Spork]

http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/kernelupdate
You'll want to pick something like:
kernel-smp-2.6.3.33mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
if you wanted to stick to a Mandrake kernel...