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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!gatekeeper.us.oracle.com!barrnet.net!nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com!not-for-mail From: jisom@crl.com (Jim Isom) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD platform Date: 30 Jun 1994 13:10:08 -0700 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access Lines: 44 Message-ID: <2uv8r0$2id@crl.crl.com> References: <2uacoc$gfi@reuter.cse.ogi.edu> <2ukb2g$r7b@huey.cc.utexas.edu> <2uo8hj$12b@reuter.cse.ogi.edu> <1994Jun28.121646.9915@cm.cf.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl.com Keywords: configuration paul@isl-gate.elsy.cf.ac.uk (Paul) writes: +In article <2uo8hj$12b@reuter.cse.ogi.edu>, +Mike Rudnick <rudnick@cse.ogi.edu> wrote: +>cseanf@huey.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Ficklin) says: +>> In article <2uacoc$gfi@reuter.cse.ogi.edu>, +>> Mike Rudnick <rudnick@cse.ogi.edu> wrote: +>> >I'm buying a pentium system to run freeBSD (and occasionally DOS/windows). +>... +>> >would like guidance. What has worked best in your experience? +>> PCI is the best way to go on the bus. +> +>Have you actually got freeBSD runing on a 90MHz Pentium system (has +>anyone :-) ? +> +I've got it on a Gateway P5-90 and it seems to be basically working but +I've got a few niggles. I don't think there's any showstoppers though +just a few tweaks needed to some of the drivers. Is your board an Intel one? I have an Intel P5/66 that Intel claims emulates the 16553 comm controller. I have been unable to activate the fifo, however. I had to install a comm card with a 16550 on it to get acceptable performance with OS/2. Maybe your problems are similar. I have FreeBSD, but will be installing it on my 486/66 EISA at home. Like tonight. +I hope so anyway :-) +The niggles are timeouts from my 946c and a problems with X hanging +the machine. Someone's suggested a fix for the X problem. When I get +it all working fine I'll post to let everyone now. +-- + Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. + Intelligent Systems Laboratory, ELSYM ,University of Wales, College Cardiff + Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk, JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@CARDIFF.AC.UK -- Jim Isom jisom@crl.com The ultimate .sig: hesh's. He doesn't use one. But then, he doesn't have a DoD number, either.