From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 9 06:47:39 1997 Return-Path: <owner-questions> Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA03467 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 May 1997 06:47:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA03455 for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>; Fri, 9 May 1997 06:47:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA02739 for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Fri, 9 May 1997 05:00:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-132 [207.14.72.132]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA19875; Fri, 9 May 1997 02:45:01 -0800 Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 03:38:00 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> cc: Jason <jlj.mitchell.max@worldnet.att.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: AMD K5 Chip(Does it work with FreeBSD) In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970508160646.3993A-100000@luke.cpl.net> Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970509033710.378F-100000@aak.anchorage.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 8 May 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > I'm planning on getting a K5 133 motherboard for using with FreeBSD, but > > I will try to install it on my 486 AMD 66Mhz. I would like to know if > > FreeBSD is compatible with these chips, including the NEW K6. > > > > Jason Mitchell > > Im no expert, but FreeBSD should work with ANY 32-bit x86 compatible chip. > I know the K5 works, havent heard anybody on here say they are using the > K6 yet. i wonder what going to happen with Intel moving off in a proprietary direction (from what i hear ...)