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Date:      Mon, 27 Jan 1997 19:40:33 -0800
From:      obrien@dragon.cs.ucdavis.edu (David O'Brien)
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2-B finds a i286 :-/
Message-ID:  <Mutt.19970127194033.obrien@dragon.cs.ucdavis.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970127221405.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Jan 27, 1997 22:14:05 %2B0100
References:  <Mutt.19970127165746.regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk> <Mutt.19970127221405.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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J Wunsch writes:
> As Philippe Regnauld wrote:
> 
> > Just recompiled a kernel for a DX-2/50 and it panics on boot with:
> > 
> > CPU: i486 DX2 (286-class CPU) 
> > Genuine Intel    Id=0x435 stepping=5
> > CPU class not configured

> Hmm, FreeBSD doesn't run on 286-class CPUs, AFAIK. :-))

I guess someone forgot to tell that "286" that.  :-)

Maybe I should update the handbook where I wrote that a 286 didn't have
what it took to run FreeBSD...
 
-- 
-- David	(obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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