Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 23:57:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Josef HATALA <jhatala@ifaedi.insa-lyon.fr> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD install kernel needs FPU? Message-ID: <199909262157.XAA25105@ifaedi.insa-lyon.fr>
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Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 3.3 on a 386DX/20 without 387. It seems that the installation kernel uses FP instructions but doesn't provide emulation in case no FPU is present. The booting process stops with a message : "FPU not present while in kernel mode." The installation guide doesn't mention that a coprocessor be needed to run FreeBSD. I do not have another FreeBSD box to compile a custom kernel. It would be fine if the fpu-emulation code were included in the installtion kernel or if an alternate kernel were provided for users of 386 processors. (This kernel might safely lack a few recent drivers if code size is critical). If you have an idea of how I could install the FreeBSD on that computer, please let me know. Thanx, jhatala@usa.net -- Jozef Hatala INSA Lyon France To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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