From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 18 09:06:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA06165 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:06:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from portal.spi.net ([199.238.225.153]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA06140; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:06:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@MindBender.HeadCandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by portal.spi.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA26655; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:06:00 -0700 Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA16254; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:05:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606181605.JAA16254@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "M.R.Murphy" cc: sos@freebsd.org, alex@fa.tdktca.com, bmk@fta.com, Eloy.Paris@ven.ra.rockwell.com, hal@wwa.com, hardware@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD works with Cy486DLC processors? In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 18 Jun 96 08:57:26 -0700. <199606181557.IAA20006@meerkat.mole.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:05:54 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Actually, you shouldn't touch that DLC-specific code unless 1) you >> know what it does, 2) you have a non-traditional motherboard that has >> a chance of actually working. >What do you think is a reasonable thing to do if Eloy's 486DX4/100 is >being misidentified as a 486DLC? Get a different motherboard (ASUS highly recommended); get a different processor (AMD is very highly recommended -- I just got an AMD 5x86 and it works great in my 486 motherboard). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------