From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 11 8:46:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.de (mailout02.sul.t-online.de [194.25.134.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A3537B5D8 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:46:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Meerwaldt@t-online.de) Received: from fwd02.sul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.de with smtp id 12f2s9-0001vD-08; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:46:37 +0200 Received: from server.wes.mee.com (320044045192-0001@[193.158.179.173]) by fwd02.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 12f2s6-0fSG8XC; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:46:34 +0200 Received: from server.wes.mee.com (server.wes.mee.com [192.168.1.1]) by server.wes.mee.com (8.9.3/FreeBSD V4.0) with ESMTP id RAA02899; Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:39:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:39:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Meerwaldt@t-online.de (Frederik Meerwaldt) To: Simon Clayton Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD Athlon Problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: 320044045192-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a AMD Athlon 500 and it works perfectly. So the processor can't be the problem. -- Best regards, Freddy Homepage: fmeerwaldt.homepage.com Last update: 11.03.2000 Very good OpenVMS HowTo's, DHCPD Howto, VXT2k NetBooting HowTo, and a little bit about me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NetBSD Vax, Alpha, i386. Tru64 Unix, OpenVMS, FreeBSD, Ultrix. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Simon Clayton wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD onto a PC running an Athlon 600 with > 128Mb RAM, 3dfx Voodoo3 3000, 13Gb IDE etc. > > I have used both the FreeBSD 3.2 and 4.0 CDs from Walnut Creek, and > also created the 2 disk boot set from the CD. > > I have tried a 4Mb Matrox AGP card instead of the Voodoo3, a different > 128Mb stick of RAM and a different HD. On either 3.2 or 4.0 I see > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: no > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > > At which point the machine locks solid - caps lock won't even work. > > I have tried the same CDs in a Celeron 500 and they boot perfectly. > > Is there a known problem with FreeBSD and Athlon processors? I have > heard that some people have had trouble with K6's - the machine will > run Win98, WinNT or Win2000 perfectly. > > Any ideas would be gratefully received. > > Regards > > Simon > > > 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