From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 7 07:41:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42771065679 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2012 07:41:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [89.206.35.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8768FC1D for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2012 07:41:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q777fAHY004011; Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:41:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q777fAxS004008; Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:41:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:41:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Jason Usher In-Reply-To: <1344297184.74951.YahooMailClassic@web121202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <1344297184.74951.YahooMailClassic@web121202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:41:11 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:41:22 -0000 > I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. > > By default, GENERIC has "HAMMER" as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: you've got into wrong directory /usr/src/sys/i386/conf is right /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf is wrong, unless you have 64-bit CPU which you don't > > cpu I586_CPU > > and: > > cpu I686_CPU > this is right setting.