Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:36:59 +0300 From: Usov Alexander <usov@ups.kiev.ua> To: stealth93@mediaone.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 install on MMX machine Message-ID: <38E50C6B.EE168675@ups.kiev.ua> References: <000701bf9b17$9411a280$0200a8c0@we.mediaone.net>
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I do have K6-233 which is old MMX chip too. 3.3-RELEASE worked OK. But 4.0-RELEASE works like a charm :) Thus I think you are missing something :) At least, put your hdd into PII-400, install 4.0 and then take it back into P200. Don't forget to rebuild the kernel first. Good luck! > > I have been running 3.3 Rel on a box with a P200MMX chip and > had no problems. > When I attempted a clean install via CD of 4.0 Rel I am not > able to get past > the initial hardware config screen. As soon as it starts > scanning the hardware > it freezes after the line containing "pci0: <Matrox MGA...> > 18.0 irq 10" > > So far I have swapped the PCI Matrox for a cheap 16 bit VGA > card (then stops > at "chip1: <Intel 82371AB Power mgmt cont...> port > 0x5000-0x500f at device > 7.3 on pci0"), tried different RAM and even swapped the MB > and CPU for a > 233MMX combo with the same results. > > Re-installing 3.3 goes without a hitch and the 4.0 CD > installs with no problem > on my PII 400 so it's not a problem with the media. > > I'm baffled :-) Does 4.0 not like the old MMX chips or am I > missing something. > As always, any help would be greatly appreciated. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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