On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 01:15:39AM -0400, Michael Cunningham wrote:
> I have a question for abit bp6 folks...
> Is it possible to run this motherboard with just one processor
> in it? Currently i have one running win98 and a seperate linux one as
> well. The linux one is fine with 2 processors:) but until I can
> upgrade to win2k on the other.. I am stuck with only one processor
> in use (winnt 4.0 is not an option). So instead of just adding more
> heat to the case i would like to remove it until it can be used.
> Any suggestions? I dont just wanna start pulling processors and
> hope for the best:) How do I tell which one to pull out? Is it just
> as simple as taking it out?
>
> Thanks.. Mike
Yes, the system will run in single cpu mode (i only verified it to the
point of booting lilo tho...). Any dual-cpu board should work in single
mode, unless you havea bugg smp aware os (my gigabyte 686 board hard problems
with linux compiled with smp with a single p166)
--
Ben
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belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the
flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses.
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