Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:36:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208062233530.45296@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <20120807013548.77113512@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <1344297184.74951.YahooMailClassic@web121202.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20120807013548.77113512@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, RW wrote: > On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:53:04 -0700 (PDT) > Jason Usher wrote: > >> I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's >> an i686 CPU. >> >> By default, GENERIC has "HAMMER" as the cpu, and that isn't working. >> So I tried both: > > That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your 32-bit machine. Try fetching the distribution again (and re-burning the CD, or whatever your media was). This time get the "i386" version. That's what you want for a Pentium. HTH. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging </> ]
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