interesting, i haven't had any problems with the Big Red Switch. although i can't boot plan9 from cd.
- erik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes | | 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.
