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From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>
To: "JOHN MUELLER" <asjwm2@uaa.alaska.edu>,
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Subject: RE: I finally came to the following conclusion.....
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 15:39:10 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of JOHN MUELLER
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 4:05 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: I finally came to the following conclusion.....
>
>    I've got 2 DEC Venturis 575s and a Celebris 590, the last 2 numbers
> are the Mhz of the pentium chip on them.  I flashed the BIOSes, but I
> think the key is getting the right release for these machines.  3.2
> didn't seem to work, it was an Alpha version.  These were manufactured
> in 1995.  I have never installed FreeBSD successfully, but that is
> because I have the wrong versions.  Anyone have a quick information fix
> (other than target practice ) ?
> Johnny

	Johnny, you shouldn't be using the Alpha version of FreeBSD on an Intel
based system.

	Try getting a copy of the Intel version and install it.  Should work find
on both of those types of systems.  Just because it says DEC doesn't mean
it's an Alpha.

--- Andy


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