Re: Upgrading to SMP

Oliver Sampson wrote:

> Howdy,
> I had a linux box with a single CPU. I recently upgraded the machine, and
> I moved my HD over to a new motherboard that has 2 CPUs, and I've also
> upgraded to Fedora Core 4. When I look under KInfoCenter->Processor I see
> that only one CPU is listed. Is there a way to verify that I'm using both
> CPUs?

The first step is to download and install an smp kernel.
The second step is to boot the system using the smp kernel.


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