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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: NetBSD-current binary for Pentium
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References: <1994Mar31.143850.11657@fokus.gmd.de> <michaelv.765143465@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 06:04:45 GMT
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In article <michaelv.765143465@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
>In <1994Mar31.143850.11657@fokus.gmd.de> hgs@fokus.gmd.de (Henning Schulzrinne) writes:
>
>>The NetBSD-current binary kernel on sun-lamp (Mar 5) doesn't seem
>>to be configured for Pentium CPUs. Anybody got a kernel
>>that will work in that configuration?
>
>>Thanks.
>
>As far as I know, nothing special is required for a Pentium.  Still,
>the binaries have just been updated.  You might try a new set.  As
>sun-lamp is sometimes impossible to get into, ftp.iastate.edu should
>have new the binaries mirrored later today or tomorrow.
>

Well I am running on Petium 66Mhz with freebsd and I didn't have
to do anything special --- works rather nicely:)

Hmmm...
Actually, this raises an interesting question:

	Can we configured our Pentiums to perform faster?

	Amancio


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