[PLUG] Dual processor box using only one processor

[Guillermo Moyna <g.moyna@usip.edu>]

Hi gang,

I have three dual processor boxes with the 2.2.16-3smp kernel 
installed (RH 6.1). The three are identical, because I created them 
by using 'dd' from one of HDD into the other two. Meaning, their 
configurations are cloned, which means they are the same (I only 
changed their IP addresses).

Here's the problem. I realized that one of the machines reports only 
one processor, both during boot and using xosview. My question is, 
could an SMP kernel still chug along happily with a fried processor 
on the motherboard?

TIA,

Guillermo
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