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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 21:12:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Howard Lew <digital@www2.shoppersnet.com>
To: Lattamore Osburn <animal@skylink.net>
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Subject: Re: Cyrix Help 
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On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, 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....
> 

Does it hang or panic or what?

Please provide more info so we can start to make suggestions.  What 
motherboard and other cards do you have in the system?

> 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.......
> 

2.2.2R works fine with Cyrix 6x86/L chips.  It maybe something else in 
your system.