hyperthreading and SATA

ahtoon83 · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 28 Location: Malaysia

hey,

1. may i know gentoo support hyperthreading? what i need to emerge or install before i can use it? coz when boot up, i just saw the bootloader show one processor only.

2. Can i gentoo install in SATA hd? if can, is it possible after i install gentoo in the sata hd, then i put in my previous IDE hd which had installed win XP together? if i got 3 hd, can i install my OS as below?

SATA : gentoo
IDE HD 1 : windows XP
IDE HD 2 : Fedora Core 2

which one i need to install first, and which one later?

3. why in win XP we need to install my Intel Motherboard driver, but in linux i no need to put in the Intel motherbard CD to install? is it will decrease my motherboard performance?

coax · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 8:27 am Post subject:

1. Yes it does, just enable it in your kernel when you get to that part. (multi-processor support as I recall)

2.Yes you can. First install windows xp on your id1, then take it out. Then install Fedocare core 2 (but don't worry about the bootloader). Then install Gentoo and that's when you need to do the hard task of getting your bootloader to boot all your hd's.

3.Because windows xp is what? 3 years old? And your live cd probably a month or so. Windows needs drivers, linux kernel has most of them allready.
No it shouldn't decrease your mobo's performance.

4.This is more of an Installation question don't you think?
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ahtoon83 · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 28 Location: Malaysia

thank for your reply.

1. can u please describe more how to enable the hyper threading in kernal? is it hyperthreading processor consider two processor?

2. does it mean after install XP then take the hd out, then install fedora core 2 and also need to take it out, then finally install gentoo in SATA driver. After finish, plug all hd together and boot my gentoo live CD to configure the bootloader?

p/s :i is it mean in my three hd also have bootloader in the MBR? so can the mechine detect which bootloader it need to boot?

thank...

sobers_2002 · Veteran Joined: 16 Mar 2004 Posts: 1128

just built multiprocessor support in ur krnel........and in the newer ones u shouldn;t see 2 processors AFAIK
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ahtoon83 · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 28 Location: Malaysia

oic thank you...i will try it later.