From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 13 22:54:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA06080 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:27:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailb.telia.com (mailb.telia.com [194.22.194.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA05768 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:27:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from listuser@netspace.net.au) Received: from d1o1.telia.com (root@d1o1.telia.com [195.67.240.241]) by mailb.telia.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA08473 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:26:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from doorway.home.lan (t6o1p59.telia.com [195.67.241.119]) by d1o1.telia.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA19208 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:26:46 +0100 (CET) Received: (from listuser@localhost) by doorway.home.lan (8.8.8/8.8.7) id GAA07035 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:54:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from listuser) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 06:54:09 +0100 (CET) From: List User Message-Id: <199812140554.GAA07035@doorway.home.lan> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Newsgroups: freebsd.questions Path: root From: "Steve Friedrich" Subject: Re: fdisk, df, awk, core dump in 3.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" Received: from nt (digital-pbi-125.laker.net [208.0.233.25]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id SAA09565; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 18:39:26 -0500 To: "Donald Acton" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Private News Host Precedence: bulk Message-ID: <199812132339.SAA09565@laker.net> X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) Delivered-To: vmailer-questions@freebsd.org X-Uidl: 75a939cd1462803cba9473f740faf3bb X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: "acton@stoner.nsg.bc.ca" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:36:39 GMT On Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:15:58 -0800, Donald Acton wrote: >Yes, the custom kernel was compiled with the "options MATH_EMULATE" >specified. Did you go into the 486's BIOS setup and disable *shadowing*, etc. Some BIOS *features* were created specifically for DOS and can wreck havoc on *real* operating systems. Is you 486SX an Intel part or AMD, or somebody else?? Sometimes, manufacturer's use the term compatible rather loosely... I'm running -stable (2.2.8) on an AMD 486DX-66. I started with 2.1.5R, then installed 2.2.7R, and cvsupped -stable right thru 2.2.8R. But then, I have an FPU ;o) Steve Friedrich Viva la FreeBSD!! Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message