Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 17:03:10 -0500 From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD tanks on an Athlon 750 Message-ID: <0102041703100C.00548@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com> In-Reply-To: <200102042101.NAA76490@akira.lanfear.com> References: <200102042101.NAA76490@akira.lanfear.com>
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What disk is the solaris on? If it is not on the SCSI drive and runs fast, and FreeBSD is on the SCSI drive and runs slow... Perhaps it is your SCSI card or drives causing problems. Try removing it, installing FreeBSD on another drive, and any other hardware combinations you can. Tim On Sunday February 04, 2001 16:01, Marc W wrote: > > ----------------------------- > > From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> > > Sent: 02/03/01 17:32> > > > > It sounds stupid but try the option for "restore factory defaults" > > in the BIOS. After that add your personal tweaks. There are > > parameters that can be reset in the BIOS but do not have user > > interfaces. I had no end of trouble with an Asus P6NP5 and its > > floppy interface under FreeBSD until I tried that on a lark. Of > > course it worked fine with MS stuff all along. > > > > It does sound a lot like your BIOS and CPU don't like each other. > > Something ain't quite right. I told the BIOS to reset itself and > set all the settings for optimal performance, and then I held down > the INS key on reboot. The Solaris OS booted up turbo quick, and was > suddenly zippy fast again. > > I then rebooted, and switched the boot device in the BIOS to be > the SCSI drives with FreeBSD. Suddenly it tanks again. > > > Super wacky. I think I'll just make this a winders machine and > take the 1GHz processor that the fiancee is runnign win2k with for a > real os :-0 > > thanks for all the suggestions! > > marc. > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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