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Date:      Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:48:02 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Steve Cheng <elmert@ipoline.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD installation problem 
Message-ID:  <199804260548.WAA28581@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Apr 1998 01:39:12 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.96.980426013338.254A-100000@maxt8m22.ipoline.com> 

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>I'm trying to install FreeBSD. I followed the instructions on the FreeBSD
>Web site (network install), but I repeatedly ran into the following message
>on boot:
>
>> Copyright (c) 1992-1998 FreeBSD Inc.
>> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
>>         The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
>>
>> FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Wed Mar 25 03:04:31 GMT 1998
>>     jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BOOTMFS
>> CPU: i486 DX (286-class CPU)
>>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x415  Stepping=5
>>   Features=0x3<FPU,VME>
>> panic: CPU class not configured
>> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort
>
>Does this mean that the CPU is unsupported by FreeBSD?
>
>Please help... Thanks.

   Very strange. It looks like FreeBSD mis-identified your 486 CPU as a 286 -
that's the first time I've seen that happen.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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