Performance disparity, problem found

[Dave Howorth]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Now the problem is that /proc/cpuinfo is read only. Would it be possible
> to make /proc/cpuinfo writable so that I could do:
> echo -n "model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @
> 2.40GHz" > /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> ...in the first machine and get a performance similar to the second machine?

This is ubuntu, you forgot the essential part of the command:

sudo -u flying-spaghetti-monster echo -n "model name      : Intel(R)
Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz" > /proc/cpuinfo

Cheers, Dave