From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 19 14:00:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA01872 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 14:00:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA01864 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 14:00:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA21592; Sun, 19 Oct 1997 16:00:07 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 16:00:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: rknebel@csrlink.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel compile In-Reply-To: <19971019144622.02081@my.domain> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 19 Oct 1997 rknebel@csrlink.net wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to compile my first kernel and have 2 questions. > I have a cyrix 6x86 P150 processor and in linux I choose pentium for it. > In free bsd the only thing that works seems to be the 486 selecyion. Is this > correct or am i doing something wrong? This is correct. I have a 6x86 166+, and it reads out as a 486. The reason is that Intel has some sort of thingy that they put in the Pentium that says 'Hey, I'm a Pentium' which, because of patents, etc., Cyrix can't do. > Secondly I have a ESS sound card which is soundblaster compatible. > I have the cd player working and can also play midi files. > I cannot seem to play au files thoug with /dev/audio. > Every time I try it tells me ther is no space left on the device? This I can't tell you much about. Maybe someone more technically-knowledgeable...? > > -- > Rick Knebel > rknebel@mail.csrlink.net > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*