[KLUG Members] Not detecting second CPU on old Compaq Proliant 1600

[Bruce Smith]

> I have an old Compaq proliant I have installed debian testing on. I have 
> installed the 2.6 smp kernel image and it will not detect my second CPU. 
> On boot both are detected and initialized. I tried running hwinfo and 
> found an error message that a dual cpu mobo was not detected. Is there 
> any way for me to figureout what's up? I know it's not much of a 
> machine, but I would like to put it to use and 2 P2-400s will be better 
> than one.

Does "cat /proc/cpuinfo" show 1 or 2 CPU's?  Anything interesting?

Is there any SMP settings in your BIOS?  Sometimes you can set 
the SMP version and/or turn off the 2nd CPU in the BIOS.

Otherwise, try flashing your BIOS to the latest version.  
I've had to do that before on some older SMP boxes.

 - BS