Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 03:37:20 +0200 (EET) From: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua> To: hardware@freebsd.org Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD and ASUS SP3 motherboard -- ? Message-ID: <199511220137.DAA07970@office.elvisti.kiev.ua>
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Hello,
today I've been installing a FreeBSD system for a friend (951026-SNAP).
Just took two disks and NCR out of a working machine (Am486DX2/66,
SOYO PCI motherboard) where it lives and went to his office.
We were installing onto an ASUS P55TP4XE Pentium, and my disks
were installed into a Am486DX4/100 + ASUS SP3 motherboard (note:
that's _not_ an SP3G, just SP3).
Strange enough, the NCR+2Conner1Gb trio which is working Ok on SOYO+DX2/66,
was panicing after some ten minutes or even less in ASUS SP3 with
DX4/100... that was a pain because I was forced to reattempt extraction
step several times. It bombed with a message from kernel malloc() --
like "no memory available". Disabling caches (external, then both)
didn't help. Needless to mention that all tech tests from DOS,
DOS itself and windo$e too are Ok on this box. I am still puzzled.
Has anyone a combination of ASUS SP3 and Am486DX4/100 working
with FreeBSD 2.1 ? I know that SP3G needs some special combination
of jumpers installed to work with new and fast AMD CPUs;
does SP3 need smth like this too?
(They have a plenty of SP3-equipped boxes with Am486DX4/100, and want
to use some of them for FreeBSD, too -- if only it's possible).
P.S. ASUS Pentium (P55TP4XE motherboard) with NCR PCI SCSI and
two Quantum Fireball 1Gb drives... HOW GREAT IT IS!!!
The box of my dreams.
Comparatively cheap and _really_ the fastest FreeBSD box I've
ever seen. I'd recommend this combo to everyone.
LONG LIVE FreeBSD AND PEOPLE WHO DID IT! THE VERY FASTEST UNIX IS FreeBSD-2.*!
--
With best regards -- Andrew Stesin.
+380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560
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