From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 9 15:02:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA01137 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 May 1997 15:02:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thelonious.spidome.net (thelonious.spidome.net [205.153.247.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01129 for ; Fri, 9 May 1997 15:01:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daniel@localhost) by thelonious.spidome.net (8.8.3/8.8.3) id WAA13629; Fri, 9 May 1997 22:00:08 GMT Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 22:00:08 GMT Message-Id: <199705092200.WAA13629@thelonious.spidome.net> From: Daniel Odom MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Steve Howe Cc: Shawn Ramsey , Jason , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD K5 Chip(Does it work with FreeBSD) In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.22 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The K5 works just fine. I installed 2.2 on a 133MHz K5 not too long ago. Steve Howe writes: > On Thu, 8 May 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > > I'm planning on getting a K5 133 motherboard for using with FreeBSD, but > > > I will try to install it on my 486 AMD 66Mhz. I would like to know if > > > FreeBSD is compatible with these chips, including the NEW K6. > > > > > > Jason Mitchell > > > > Im no expert, but FreeBSD should work with ANY 32-bit x86 compatible chip. > > I know the K5 works, havent heard anybody on here say they are using the > > K6 yet. > > i wonder what going to happen with Intel moving off in > a proprietary direction (from what i hear ...) > -- Daniel Odom Software engineer daniel@spidome.net voice: 913-625-6124 fax: 913-625-6967