Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:36:39 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "Donald Acton" <acton@opentext.com> Cc: "acton@stoner.nsg.bc.ca" <acton@stoner.nsg.bc.ca>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fdisk, df, awk, core dump in 3.0 Message-ID: <199812132339.SAA09565@laker.net>
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On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:15:58 -0800, Donald Acton wrote: >Yes, the custom kernel was compiled with the "options MATH_EMULATE" >specified. Did you go into the 486's BIOS setup and disable *shadowing*, etc. Some BIOS *features* were created specifically for DOS and can wreck havoc on *real* operating systems. Is you 486SX an Intel part or AMD, or somebody else?? Sometimes, manufacturer's use the term compatible rather loosely... I'm running -stable (2.2.8) on an AMD 486DX-66. I started with 2.1.5R, then installed 2.2.7R, and cvsupped -stable right thru 2.2.8R. But then, I have an FPU ;o) Steve Friedrich Viva la FreeBSD!! Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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