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Date:      Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:36:27 -0700
From:      Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>
To:        Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        Antonio Varela Lizardi <unixadm@icon.net.mx>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AMD K6-2/380
Message-ID:  <19990615173627.B1736@cpl.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906151653250.76481-100000@toy.chip-web.com>; from Ludwig Pummer on Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 04:58:50PM -0700
References:  <19990615140035.E9780@cpl.net> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906151653250.76481-100000@toy.chip-web.com>

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> > > I don't know where did they (the company that sold the machine) obtain it,
> > > but maybe a good start checking AMD Website.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > 
> > Are you sure it was 98? I know 95 will not run on AMD processors faster than
> > like the 350, but I thought '98 didn't have this bug. Another unpatched '98
> > system is running the same processor. Could it be anything othan than a bad
> > MB? I swapped the CPU and RAM with a known good AMD K6-2/380 system... a 
> 
> 95 will run if you get a patch for it. 98 doesn't have this bug. I have a
> K6-2/380 dual-booting between 98 and FreeBSD 3.2-S, and it all works
> perfectly, except for DMA mode in FreeBSD (*$&^@ ALI Chipset on my Asus
> P5A).

I set the MB down to a K6/2-300, although if it still doesn't work, im not
sure what that says. Other than something is wrong. Motherboard I guess,
since I replaced video/ram and CPU, and tried booting from SCSI as well, all
to no avail in MS junk.


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