I advise going to 9.1 or the recent release of 9.2 for a new install. suse will install the proper smp kernel automatically just continue with your install and when you are done it will show that the smp kernel is being used. do a "less /proc/cpuinfo" to see a least of all CPUs in the system. Be sure the bios detects 4 CPUs. -----Original Message----- From: Albert Fry [mailto:afry@wesleyan.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:03 AM To: suse-ia64@suse.com Subject: [suse-ia64] multiple processors I've acquired a computer with four AMD Opteron CPU's on a Celestica motherboard. I've installed Suse 9.0 but I don't believe that the installer recognizes the existence of multiple processors. Where can I find out about configuring linux to support multiple processors? I'm new to both this list and to linux. Al Fry -- Albert J. Fry E.B. Nye Professor of Chemistry Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 06459 Ph.one: 860-685-2622 FAX: 860-685-2211