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From: Carl Nordin <cn@guinness.arboga.se>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: amd processors
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 11:44:07 -0800
Organization: Arboga Kommun (the Town of Arboga)
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To: woody@sover.net

woody@sover.net wrote:
> 
> Does any one out there have any experiance with amd processors. I'v
> had problems with cyrix processors can't install freebsd easily on
> cyrix processors but how about amd any opinions?

I've installed 2.1 on an AMD-120 and the only problem I had was using an 
old AHA1542-B SCSI-adapter. The system would hang when loading the 
driver. Disableing the internal cache solved the problem, but made the 
system much slower.