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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:59:37 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        ejon@colltech.com
Cc:        freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Anyone using a DEC 6200?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.980213005849.25684J-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199802130338.VAA20226@psasolar.psa.pencom.com>

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I have several DEC HX6200 and ZX6200/3's running SMP as of around December
18th or so, they work great, although for whatever reason, Steve doesn't
like my mptable, but it works fine, so who cares?

Make sure you have up-to-date BIOS.

On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 ejon@colltech.com wrote:

> 	I'm afraid this is going to be a rather ignorant question,
> but hopefully I'll be forgiven someday ;-).
> 
> I've been tracking current for some time and have finally upgraded
> to a whizzy new dual PPro.  Problem is that it doesn't boot all the
> way with an SMP kernel.  I realize that the SMP FAQ says to try
> an August '97 SNAP, but I'd hate to have to downgrade that far...
> 
> It's a DEC Personal Workstation 6200, and seems to be Natoma chip-based.
> Has anyone had any success with this box?  It seems to freeze shortly
> after configuring my ethernet card, possibly when starting routed,
> but it doesn't freeze hard.  I can CTL-ALT-DEL to shut it down.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed?  I can include
> my config or dmesg output (from a non-smp boot), but they're both
> so vanilla I doubt they'll help much.
> 
> Eric Jones
> 
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