Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 13:27:02 -0600 From: pulley@dabus.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? Message-ID: <e5cf50db8a8b10210b2797e8e4c73562.squirrel@webmail.dabus.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208070940290.4007@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <1344297184.74951.YahooMailClassic@web121202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208070940290.4007@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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>> I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an >> i686 CPU. >> >> By default, GENERIC has "HAMMER" as the cpu, and that isn't working. So >> I tried both: > > you've got into wrong directory > > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf is right > > /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf is wrong, unless you have 64-bit CPU which you > don't > >> >> cpu I586_CPU >> >> and: >> >> cpu I686_CPU >> > this is right setting. Another possible explanation... How old is this 900Mhz Pentium laptop? Some Pentium D/Celeron D processors (2004) are 64bit, although I don't know if they made any of the D's less than 1.2GHz... but if so the OP could have installed amd64.
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