Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 09:17:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Hechinger <wonko@users.tmok.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Celeron Question Message-ID: <200006051317.JAA87525@entropy.tmok.com>
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i've held the celeron in very low respect, i just don't like what it is (keep in mind i'm a long time sun guy so i tend to have a problem with x86 in general) and i have noticed that under WinNT/98 it tends to be rather unstable. for example. we have a couple Celeron based laptops at work, and running both 98 and NT they would crash constantly. our internal systems guy put 2000 on these laptops and POOF, stable as a rock. so my question is, obviously some kernel tuning was done on 2000 to make it work well with the celeron. maybe the celeron has a hangup or two with certain bits of the current x86 instruction set, i don't know, but anyway, back to the question.... what is the current status of FreeBSD on the Celeron? i'd like to throw together some low cost, moderately powerful FreeBSD boxes, and the Celeron looks like it would fit the bill, as long as it is stable, otherwise i'll look to the Athlon, or worst case, K6-II, although a slot2/370 combo motherboard so i can upgrade to full strength Pentium IIIs when the time comes is an attractive deal. (the time being after the Pentium VII has been released and the IIIs are dirt cheap) thanks, -brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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