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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!hunter.premier.net!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!main.Germany.EU.net!ieunet!web3.tcd.ie!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Am5x86 Date: 9 Aug 1996 17:43:07 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4ufpqr$juk@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <fred-0808961614150001@st-ursen.lightside.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: hamilton.maths.tcd.ie fred@lightside.net (Fred Condo) writes: >So is FreeBSD definitively compatible with the 586 chip? I am not having >any luck installing 2.1.5 on my 586 system. The installation keeps >crashing with memory faults and error 11's. The system memory self-test >passes, however. We were installing on a Cx5x86 last night, and it keept crashing, with memory faults etc... After much messing we found a blob of soldir on one of the SIMMS - it worked fine when removed. This passed the BIOS memory test! Don't trust it... David.