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From: gigawalt@iaehv.IAEhv.nl (Walter Belgers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Cyrix=buggy (was: Re: upgrade 1.1.5->2.0 AARGH #*&@^$#@*$)
Date: 20 Feb 1995 10:35:46 +0100
Organization: The TimeWasters
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References: <3hoc3r$fue@iaehv.IAEhv.nl> <AMBRISKO.95Feb14121547@libra>

Douglas Ambrisko <ambrisko@netcom.com> wrote:
%In article <3hoc3r$fue@iaehv.IAEhv.nl> gigawalt@iaehv.IAEhv.nl (Walter Belgers) writes:
%
%   In other words: I now have no working operating system and wish I'd
%   never bought the #@*&$^ motherboard and sticked with 1.1.5. This is my
%   last resort to find out if there are people who have succesfully
%   installed FreeBSD 2.0 on an ASUS SP3G (I have a Cyrix DX66 btw).
%
%All I can say it that it work fine for me with an AMD DX66 doing the 
%"obvious" things.  But just as a previous NetBSD poster said FreeBSD 2.0 
%also hangs on reboot.  That is it shuts down okay but just hangs on 
%the reboot command.

The Cyrix also hung on the reboot command. I have now swapped the Cyrix
DX2-66 for an Intel DX2-66 and all my problems (i.e. memory erros and
bus errors) have vanished. It even reboots correctly.

So here's a warning: don't buy Cyrix processor. It won't work on an
ASUS SP3G board with FreeBSD 2.0!

Walter.
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