From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 8 22:10:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA07781 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 22:10:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sabre.goldsword.com (sabre.goldsword.com [199.170.202.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA07775 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 22:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jfarmer@localhost) by sabre.goldsword.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA28459; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 01:12:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 01:12:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" Message-Id: <199708090512.BAA28459@sabre.goldsword.com> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, randyk@ccsales.com Subject: Re: AMD K6 Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:45:57 -0700 (PDT) Randy Katz said: > >How does FreeBSD see it? As a 686? As a 586? Does it work? Are there >problems? > Check the archives. Most people trying it with Freebsd have had some really strange problems. (working fine for the first 2 weeks, then crashing, repeatedly) I'm hoping that someone figures it out, cause I have several Freebsd servers that I would like to build using the K6 (my cost on them is getting very good. Try a K6-166 for only $25 more than the K5-166....) John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting