From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 18 20:35:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA03247 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:35:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts15-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.186]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA03215 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:35:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA00307; Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:35:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:35:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: System Administrator cc: hmmm , questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NCR box and FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, System Administrator wrote: > > i had that problem with a machine (i'm 97% sure it was npx0), > > and it was a 386sx. the best answer i could find is that the > > stock fpu emulator was not well. i do have 2.1.5 running on > > many other sx's though ... what was interesting is that by > > snapping in a 387, according to my boss, the machine booted > > fine! i got advice to compile gnu's fpu emulation into > > the kernel. (newsgroups) > > > > so how can I compile gnu's fpu emulation into the kernel?.. can I it from > other FreeBSD box or other Linux box?. Check LINT. There is an option you add, then recompile, resinstall, reboot, and you're off. DON'T REMOVE the device npx0 line though, you still need it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major