From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 14 23:58:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA17608 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 23:58:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA17556 for ; Sat, 14 Feb 1998 23:57:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA24755; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 18:27:48 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id SAA05538; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 18:27:47 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980215182747.44828@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 18:27:47 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: hrothgar@hrothgar.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware References: <34E69E6E.5DA474A9@hrothgar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <34E69E6E.5DA474A9@hrothgar.com>; from hrothgar on Sat, Feb 14, 1998 at 11:51:11PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 14 February 1998 at 23:51:11 -0800, hrothgar wrote: > I have a friend who is a Unix programmer who is going to set up a > machine I am purchasing with FreeBSD that claims that there are > configuration problems with MMX machines. Could you tell me if that is > true or is he just lost in the old days. He keeps telling me that I > MUST get a dual pentium pro or nothing. There are a *lot* more problems with a dual Pentium Pro than a single Pentium MMX. That's because of the multiprocessor, not because of the MMX. As far as I know, there are no FreeBSD-specific problems with any Intel processor. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message