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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD 2.1.1 support Cyrix 6x86??Etc... Date: 25 Jun 1996 23:35:39 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4qqemr$cs@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <Dt5v2D.A6I@news2.new-york.net> <4qjgpi$4ds@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4qnbps$60e@hole.sdsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Larry Riedel (larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu) wrote: : I have a 120MHz 6x86 on an ASUS T2P4 motherboard, and FreeBSD : 2.1-RELEASE faithfully crashes after a few minutes with the : internal cache enabled. If I turn the internal cache off with : the BIOS, it works like a champ (albeit a slow champ). I don't : know if it is the interaction of the CPU and the motherboard or : if it has something to do with FreeBSD. I guess I will try it : with a more robust OS like Windows 95. ;) Yeah, enable your cache, load Win95% and...... run like a _slow_ champ. I think not :-) -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....