[ale] Buying a dual system.

[Mandrake]

On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 05:15:05PM -0400, Jay Finch wrote:
> The only thing you need to make sure is:
> 
> 1)      Make sure both CPU's are of the "Same Stepping" value.  Otherwise 
> you might run into problems with SMP later.
> 
> 2)      You'll need to re-compile your Linux kernel to support SMP 
> (Symmetrical Multi-Processing) when you get the other CPU.
> 
> Personally, I'd get both CPUs at once, as the Stepping thing can be hard to 
> find if you buy one now and another later.  But it's entirely your choice.. :)

you can probably buy the second from the original vendor if you have a decent
vendor to start with.

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