From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 1 20:21:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lsmls01.we.mediaone.net (lsmls01.we.mediaone.net [24.130.1.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEED537C1D1 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:21:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stealth93@mediaone.net) Received: from pentium400 (we-24-24-148-136.we.mediaone.net [24.24.148.136]) by lsmls01.we.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA23406; Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:20:49 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: From: "Stealth93" To: "'Usov Alexander'" Cc: Subject: RE: 4.0 install on MMX machine Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 20:25:35 -0800 Message-ID: <000d01bf9c5b$7e532b40$0200a8c0@we.mediaone.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <38E50C6B.EE168675@ups.kiev.ua> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks. I got 3.4 working on it with no problem so I think I'll just leave well enough alone. Still seems odd though Ken -----Original Message----- From: Usov Alexander [mailto:usov@ups.kiev.ua] Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 12:37 PM To: stealth93@mediaone.net; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 install on MMX machine 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: > 18.0 irq 10" > > So far I have swapped the PCI Matrox for a cheap 16 bit VGA > card (then stops > at "chip1: 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message