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I want to limit the number of CPU cores and RAM which the OS sees. Is there any way of doing this in BIOS ? I tried changing the grub file with maxcpu parameter. Is there something which I can do in the BIOS itself ?

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If this is for testing purposes, then I would virtualise the environment. That way you have complete control over the amount of CPUs and RAM the VM sees (even above your physical limits).

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There's no value add in limiting cores in the BIOS, so few BIOS manufacturers do so. Stick to handling it at the OS level.

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The problem is the image which I am trying to boot works only on a single processor machine. That is the reason I want to disable the other CPU cores. – Prakashkumar Thiagarajan Oct 7 '11 at 4:59
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