From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 4 08:36:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA13305 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 08:36:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.digital.com (mail1.digital.com [204.123.2.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA13295 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 08:36:36 -0800 (PST) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com by mail1.digital.com (5.65 EXP 4/12/95 for V3.2/1.0/WV) id AA27729; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 08:30:12 -0800 Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA04537; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 17:29:09 +0100 Message-Id: <9603041629.AA04537@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: questions%freebsd.org@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com In-Reply-To: Message from Kevin Quinlan of Mon, 04 Mar 96 15:07:24 GMT. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: Kernel panic installing FreeBSD 2.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 04 Mar 96 17:29:09 +0100 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Kevin.Quinlan@isltd.insignia.com writes: [snip] > > What speed DRAMs? > > Originally 70ns, but changing to 60ns has allowed the software to > install (at the premises of our supplier) > > I am told that this may be de-rigeur for P100 systems, so it might be > an idea to add it to the hardware notes on the FreeBSD web site. > I've been running a P100 with 70ns SIMMs for several months w/o problems. My BIOS allows me to set the access speed. Don't know whether that's a feature of all BIOSes. Just a data point. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org