Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 07:22:33 -0700 From: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca> To: "Stephan Untrieser" <stephan.untrieser@gmx.de>, <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD (4.0) and AMD CPUs Message-ID: <006601c0d180$ff64f780$64c8a8c0@asknet.com> References: <3AED41CB.E646F44A@gmx.de>
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make sure you have the following line in your kernel config file : cpu I586_CPU If this doesn't help there is something wrong with your hardware. I have successfully run 4.x on K6, K6-2, K6-3, Duron and Athlon. (even Cyrix - yuck) Regards, Kulraj Gurm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan Untrieser" <stephan.untrieser@gmx.de> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 3:43 AM Subject: FreeBSD (4.0) and AMD CPUs > Hi, > > since when FreeBSD supports Athlon/Duron CPU (integrated 2nd level > cache)? > I'm using an `germanized´ Distribution based uppon FreeBSD 4.0 > ("Lehmanns CD-ROM Edition", perhaps you know) > > booting with an earlier installation (on a K6/233 - quite old now) > stopped with panic: cpu class not supported (or something like that - i > wouldn't provoke it any more because CtrlAltDel doesn't work in this > state an the reset button is `far away´ ...). > > Booting from CD 01 also resulted in "System halted" message after few > init steps (I think that was my bootloader and the first breath of the > FreeBSD loader, shortly after the point "press Enter to boot immediatly" > ... `or enjoy with FORTH´ [ ;) ]) > > May be there is a patch fix this with 4.0 or I have to upgrade to 4.2 or > so, please let me know. Thanks. > > Best regards > Stephan Untrieser > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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