Multiple Processors in Mandrake 8.0

[Calinux]

Hello, I am new to Linux and I have downloaded Mandrake 8.0 and will install it on an old 366 machine I have as soon as I replace the case.
I have a question tho, does Mandrake 8.0 let me have two processors running at once? I know Windows 2k supports this feature, but does linux too?
if it does, will it detect on setup or would I have to tell it that there are two?
Please let me know either way. It won't be til next weekend till I can get it all setup anyway.

TY
Calinux

[QAPete]

I'm not familiar with Mandrake 8.0, but if it uses the new 2.4 Linux kernel, it's been optimized for better SMP performance. Regardless, it should run fine on a multi-processor system.

Pete

[jbstew32]

ilnux fully supports SMP....mandrake should support it out of the box, but if it doesnt, its simple to build a new kernel with support

[dvdnut]

kernel.org will tell you what it can and how many