Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 22:12:44 -0700 From: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: System Administrator <pe@pe.lssu.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NCR box and FreeBSD Message-ID: <3238ED4C.7604@alaska.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960913221400.615N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, System Administrator wrote: > > So, I try to put FreeBSD-2.1.5 on it but it doesn't work. It froze on me > > when it show the line npx0. Do you know what should i do? > > MCA?? so this box is Microchannel? > Guess what -- Microchannel machines aren't supported. i had that problem with a machine (i'm 97% sure it was npx0), and it was a 386sx. the best answer i could find is that the stock fpu emulator was not well. i do have 2.1.5 running on many other sx's though ... what was interesting is that by snapping in a 387, according to my boss, the machine booted fine! i got advice to compile gnu's fpu emulation into the kernel. (newsgroups)
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