interesting, i haven't had any problems with the Big Red Switch.
although i can't boot plan9 from cd.

- erik

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| 
| On Fri Mar 10 21:05:14 EST 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
| > I helped a friend add a second processor to an l440gx+ in 2003.  It
| > was running RedHat and needed a fix to one of the file system
| > implementations (ext3?) but I also have a faint memory of needing to
| > upgrade its firmware to make SMP work reliably.
| 
| I had problems with the first of these systems I tried (the system was
| always on, took no notice of the front power or reset buttons) until I
| upgraded the firmware (still available on the Intel site). Now, whenever
| I liberate one of these machines from its miserable life of servitude
| running Linux I automatically upgrade it and let it run free, no longer
| shackled to the whims of rotating media.

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