From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 13 15:39:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25980 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 15:39:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25974 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 15:39:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-125.laker.net [208.0.233.25]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id SAA09565; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:39:26 -0500 Message-Id: <199812132339.SAA09565@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Donald Acton" Cc: "acton@stoner.nsg.bc.ca" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:36:39 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: fdisk, df, awk, core dump in 3.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:15:58 -0800, Donald Acton wrote: >Yes, the custom kernel was compiled with the "options MATH_EMULATE" >specified. Did you go into the 486's BIOS setup and disable *shadowing*, etc. Some BIOS *features* were created specifically for DOS and can wreck havoc on *real* operating systems. Is you 486SX an Intel part or AMD, or somebody else?? Sometimes, manufacturer's use the term compatible rather loosely... I'm running -stable (2.2.8) on an AMD 486DX-66. I started with 2.1.5R, then installed 2.2.7R, and cvsupped -stable right thru 2.2.8R. But then, I have an FPU ;o) Steve Friedrich Viva la FreeBSD!! Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message