From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 17 18:03:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA13473 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:03:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns3.mke.ab.com (ns3.mke.ab.com [130.151.86.191]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA13465; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:03:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zeus.ven.ra.rockwell.com ([130.151.17.154]) by ns3.mke.ab.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02194; Mon, 17 Jun 96 20:03:11 CDT Received: from slip1.ven.ra.rockwell.com (slip1.ven.ra.rockwell.com [130.151.17.162]) by zeus.ven.ra.rockwell.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id VAA21669; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:02:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:02:39 -0400 Message-Id: <2.2.16.19960617212013.1a17e424@zeus.ven.ra.rockwell.com> Organization: Rockwell Automation de Venezuela X-Sender: eparis@zeus.ven.ra.rockwell.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: questions@FreeBSD.org, hardware@FreeBSD.org From: "Eloy A. Paris" Subject: FreeBSD works with Cy486DLC processors? Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi. I installed FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE a couple of weeks ago and since then I have been having programs exiting with signals 10 and 11, making my system too unstable to work as a dedicated e-mail server and as a PPP to Ethernet gateway. I get such errors with processor intensive tasks like compiling (I got errors like these while compiling the kernel, pppd and bind). My microprocessor is a Cyrix Cy486DLC running at a mother board clock rate of 33 MHz and an internal clock rate of 100 MHz. Today I disabled the internal cache of the CPU and the system is behaving quite stable since then but it is very very slooowwww. I got this error though: Jun 17 13:25:33 skynet /kernel: pid 2880: tr: uid 1000: exited on signal 11 but I want to think this is not related to my hardware problem :-( I have read the mail archives in www.freebsd.org and saw that someone said that he would hardly recommend getting a Cyrix microprocessor. Can someone tell me what could be wrong with my hardware setup and if I would do better getting a genuine Intel CPU? I am in deep trouble since I recommended to upgrade an old PC to a 486 instead of buying a new PC for this important piece of our Information Technology structure. This machine is going to be an e-mail server (sendmail + pop3) and a PPP to Ethernet gateway that will connect two buildings through a leased line. I NEED stability!!! I don't think there is a problem with the mother board because I have tried with two getting the same errors. My hardware setup is: Cyrix Cy486DLC CPU 16 Megs. of RAM 1 GByte IDE hard drive FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE Any hint will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Eloy.- -- Eloy A. Paris Global Technical Services Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: 58-2-9432311 Fax: 58-2-9430323