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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
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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....