Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:39:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Meerwaldt@t-online.de (Frederik Meerwaldt) To: Simon Clayton <Simon@businessmeetings.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD Athlon Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004111738560.2895-100000@server.wes.mee.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLKPMFKLGKCALEBKAAELBCJAA.Simon@BusinessMeetings.com>
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I have a AMD Athlon 500 and it works perfectly. So the processor can't be the problem. -- Best regards, Freddy Homepage: fmeerwaldt.homepage.com Last update: 11.03.2000 Very good OpenVMS HowTo's, DHCPD Howto, VXT2k NetBooting HowTo, and a little bit about me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NetBSD Vax, Alpha, i386. Tru64 Unix, OpenVMS, FreeBSD, Ultrix. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Simon Clayton wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD onto a PC running an Athlon 600 with > 128Mb RAM, 3dfx Voodoo3 3000, 13Gb IDE etc. > > I have used both the FreeBSD 3.2 and 4.0 CDs from Walnut Creek, and > also created the 2 disk boot set from the CD. > > I have tried a 4Mb Matrox AGP card instead of the Voodoo3, a different > 128Mb stick of RAM and a different HD. On either 3.2 or 4.0 I see > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > > At which point the machine locks solid - caps lock won't even work. > > I have tried the same CDs in a Celeron 500 and they boot perfectly. > > Is there a known problem with FreeBSD and Athlon processors? I have > heard that some people have had trouble with K6's - the machine will > run Win98, WinNT or Win2000 perfectly. > > Any ideas would be gratefully received. > > Regards > > Simon > > > 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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