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Dual Processor 604e's
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Dec 22, 2002, 01:38 AM
 
I know that using XPostFacto on unsupported systems, Mac OS X only sees the first of two processors on these old school dual and quad processor systems. But what about linux? Does YDL use all the processors or does it too only see/use the first?
     
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Dec 22, 2002, 09:16 AM
 
Originally posted by l008com:
I know that using XPostFacto on unsupported systems, Mac OS X only sees the first of two processors on these old school dual and quad processor systems. But what about linux? Does YDL use all the processors or does it too only see/use the first?
It uses both. All Linux distros do. And it flies on dual 604e's
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Dec 22, 2002, 10:16 AM
 
You know...SuSE and Mandrake both have PPC distros as well.

I personally like Mandrake.
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Dec 22, 2002, 12:18 PM
 
I read somewhere that Yellow Dog was the easiest, the best for beginners, and that is me. I tried BSD once because I figured hey, I can use OS X, I can do unix. Needless to say, that didn't work out too well. I wanna try and get one of those old daystar four CPU processor cards. Four 225 MHz 604e's. That will be coooool
     
   
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