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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 17:35:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Greg Pavelcak <gpavelcak@philos.umass.edu>
To: Lattamore Osburn <animal@skylink.net>
Subject: RE: Cyrix Help
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On 30-Oct-97 Lattamore Osburn wrote:
>
>I bought The "The Complete FreeBSD" it comes with a 2.2.2 release
>version.
>
>I am running the Cyrix 6x86l 150Mhz chip the boot.flp does not like it
>at
>all.
>
>Q. Can i use a different boot.flp(is there a different boot.flp) to
>boot
>with and will this help my problem....
>
>Q.If i do use a different boot.flp will it still recognize my cdrom
>installation media for 2.2.2
>
>Q.How Can i Fix this problem and do you recomend not using the cyrix
>if
>this is all that happens toit.......
>
I don't think the 6x86L is your problem. I have one. I installed 2.2.2
on it with the boot.flp from the CD, and have since cvsup-ed sources
and built -current a couple of times. Everything has worked fine for
months.

Greg