From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 3 19:44:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B21416A4CE for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:44:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1275343D3F for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:44:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 3 Feb 2005 13:44:33 -0600 Message-ID: <42027F25.2050203@daleco.biz> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 13:44:37 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Erlin References: <42025CEE.5080508@filn.net> In-Reply-To: <42025CEE.5080508@filn.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Feb 2005 19:44:34.0395 (UTC) FILETIME=[C96842B0:01C50A28] cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: Glen Stewart Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD 5.3 Support the.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 19:44:42 -0000 Tim Erlin wrote: > Glen Stewart wrote: > >> AMD Sempron 3000+ Processer >> I downloaded the 5.3 ISO and burned the individual files on a MAC. > > > I would guess no, but guessing isn't good enough. Checking the > supported hardware is a better bet: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/hardware.html > > --Tim "Guessing isn't good enough" is quite right. I doubt very sincerely that AMD's Sempron has any drastic architecture changes that would cause compatibility problems with any OS coded and tested on other x86 CPUs. And, AMD confirms it on their website and in their technical documentation. For reference, here's one: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/31805.pdf Glen's problem still seems to be very related to the proper burning of the ISO image as far as we can tell by what he's given so far. It could also be BIOS settings on this mobo, or other hardware conflicts. So far, his descriptions of his trouble have been limited to 2 very brief emails. If he wants help, he should probably give us a complete description of his hardware and symptoms. IIRC, there have been some reports of trouble with SATA hard drives, but IANAE, and IMNBRC, IYKWIM. I'm not trying to flame anyone, but it would be almost criminal to allow this thread to go into the archives without "I doubt that FreeBSD supports the Sempron" being answered in a more authoritative way. FreeBSD supports the Sempron. Until PR's are filed that prove otherwise, it does it so quite well, too. Kevin Kinsey