From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 25 22:50:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA22145 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:50:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA22073; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:50:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA28581; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:48:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804260548.WAA28581@implode.root.com> To: Steve Cheng cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation problem In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 26 Apr 1998 01:39:12 EDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:48:02 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I'm trying to install FreeBSD. I followed the instructions on the FreeBSD >Web site (network install), but I repeatedly ran into the following message >on boot: > >> Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc. >> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 >> The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. >> >> FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Wed Mar 25 03:04:31 GMT 1998 >> jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS >> CPU: i486 DX (286-class CPU) >> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x415 Stepping=5 >> Features=0x3 >> panic: CPU class not configured >> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > >Does this mean that the CPU is unsupported by FreeBSD? > >Please help... Thanks. Very strange. It looks like FreeBSD mis-identified your 486 CPU as a 286 - that's the first time I've seen that happen. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message