Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 15:46:56 -0400 (EDT) From: System Administrator <pe@pe.lssu.edu> To: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net> Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NCR box and FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960914154542.3097A-100000@pe.lssu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3238ED4C.7604@alaska.net>
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On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, hmmm wrote: > Doug White wrote: > > > > On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, System Administrator wrote: > > > So, I try to put FreeBSD-2.1.5 on it but it doesn't work. It froze on me > > > when it show the line npx0. Do you know what should i do? > > > > MCA?? so this box is Microchannel? > > Guess what -- Microchannel machines aren't supported. > > i had that problem with a machine (i'm 97% sure it was npx0), > and it was a 386sx. the best answer i could find is that the > stock fpu emulator was not well. i do have 2.1.5 running on > many other sx's though ... what was interesting is that by > snapping in a 387, according to my boss, the machine booted > fine! i got advice to compile gnu's fpu emulation into > the kernel. (newsgroups) > so how can I compile gnu's fpu emulation into the kernel?.. can I it from other FreeBSD box or other Linux box?. thank you. Pe'
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