Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:14:22 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us, cshenton@uucom.com, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, Jin Guojun <jin@george.lbl.gov> Subject: Re: AMD k7-750 + ASUS K7V Message-ID: <200006290514.WAA04737@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006281733160.86651-100000@kronos.networkrichmond.com>
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On 28-Jun-00 Kelly Yancey wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Jin Guojun wrote: > >> > A friend had a similar install: k7-700 k7v. I think he had to disable >> > bios virus checking and/or the following hack. Let bios boot without >> > the floppy then fail. After it says "insert system disk" or whatever, >> > insert the floppy and hit return. One of these or the combo got him running. >> >> A little summary: >> >> To disable the BIOS virus protection is the key to make installation working >> on AMD-K7 + ASUS K7V for all versions after 3.5 and 4.x. >> >> But this seems a bug because 2.2.8-RELEASE can install on such new hardware. >> When 2.2.x branch was out of archive, the K7 even has not born yet. >> So, must be the new installation introducing a bug to cause the problem. >> >> Here to thank all people has replied for the help, >> > > One quick addendum, I believe that is this fixed in -current. John > Baldwin and I tackled this a couple of weeks ago. Except that I b0rked it in that the jne after the failing cmp to test for instructions with the 0x0f prefix jumped to the wrong target. Rev 1.19 that I committed today should actually work. :P > Kelly -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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