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Subject: Re: 4.0 install on MMX machine
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I do have K6-233 which is old MMX chip too. 3.3-RELEASE
worked OK. But 4.0-RELEASE works like a charm :) Thus I think
you are missing something :) At least, put your hdd into 
PII-400, install 4.0 and then take it back into P200. 
Don't forget to rebuild the kernel first.

Good luck!

> 
> I have been running 3.3 Rel on a box with a P200MMX chip and
> had no problems.
> When I attempted a clean install via CD of 4.0 Rel I am not
> able to get past
> the initial hardware config screen. As soon as it starts
> scanning the hardware
> it freezes after the line containing "pci0: <Matrox MGA...>
> 18.0 irq 10"
> 
> So far I have swapped the PCI Matrox for a cheap 16 bit VGA
> card (then stops
> at "chip1: <Intel 82371AB Power mgmt cont...> port
> 0x5000-0x500f at device
> 7.3 on pci0"), tried different RAM and even swapped the MB
> and CPU for a
> 233MMX combo with the same results.
> 
> Re-installing 3.3 goes without a hitch and the 4.0 CD
> installs with no problem
> on my PII 400 so it's not a problem with the media.
> 
> I'm baffled :-) Does 4.0 not like the old MMX chips or am I
> missing something.
> As always, any help would be greatly appreciated.


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