You can just run top and it will show you the statistics for each processor at the top of the display. Doing a compressed tar archive on /usr should load up both processors pretty well. --rick Josh Trutwin wrote: >This is my first dual-processor Linux adventure, I'm installing Debian woody on a Dell PowerEdge 1750 with two 2.4 Ghz Xeon processors. Getting Debian on this thing was an interesting challenge, had to create a custom install CD with a custom 2.4.22 kernel in order for the installer to recognize the SCSI adapter and the network adapter. > >Anyway, now that Debian is up on it and seems to be running fine, I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for testing the SMP kernel performance. I would like a nice fuzzy feeling knowing that it's actually really utilizing both processors. > >Would compiling a kernel suffice? Any other suggestions? > >Josh > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list