Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:02:39 -0400 From: "Eloy A. Paris" <Eloy.Paris@ven.ra.rockwell.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD works with Cy486DLC processors? Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960617212013.1a17e424@zeus.ven.ra.rockwell.com>
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Hi. I installed FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE a couple of weeks ago and since then I have been having programs exiting with signals 10 and 11, making my system too unstable to work as a dedicated e-mail server and as a PPP to Ethernet gateway. I get such errors with processor intensive tasks like compiling (I got errors like these while compiling the kernel, pppd and bind). My microprocessor is a Cyrix Cy486DLC running at a mother board clock rate of 33 MHz and an internal clock rate of 100 MHz. Today I disabled the internal cache of the CPU and the system is behaving quite stable since then but it is very very slooowwww. I got this error though: Jun 17 13:25:33 skynet /kernel: pid 2880: tr: uid 1000: exited on signal 11 but I want to think this is not related to my hardware problem :-( I have read the mail archives in www.freebsd.org and saw that someone said that he would hardly recommend getting a Cyrix microprocessor. Can someone tell me what could be wrong with my hardware setup and if I would do better getting a genuine Intel CPU? I am in deep trouble since I recommended to upgrade an old PC to a 486 instead of buying a new PC for this important piece of our Information Technology structure. This machine is going to be an e-mail server (sendmail + pop3) and a PPP to Ethernet gateway that will connect two buildings through a leased line. I NEED stability!!! I don't think there is a problem with the mother board because I have tried with two getting the same errors. My hardware setup is: Cyrix Cy486DLC CPU 16 Megs. of RAM 1 GByte IDE hard drive FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE Any hint will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Eloy.- -- Eloy A. Paris Global Technical Services Rockwell Automation de Venezuela Telephone: 58-2-9432311 Fax: 58-2-9430323
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