Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-08 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I think it's likely that it is a 64-bit installation. Not sure about that. How could the amd64 OS be installed and run on a i386 machine? it cannot. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-08 Thread pulley
I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: you've got into wrong directory /usr/src/sys/i386/conf is right /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf is wrong, unless you have 64-bit

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: you've got into wrong directory /usr/src/sys/i386/conf is right /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf is wrong, unless you have 64-bit

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Wojciech Puchar
That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your nonsense. 64-bit distribution doesn't run on 32-bit computer. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Robert Bonomi
set my cpu type in kernel config ? That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your nonsense. 64-bit distribution doesn't run on 32-bit computer. *PRECISELY* why the OP is having problems. He _is_ trying to build amd64 kernel

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Polytropon
...@googlemail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your nonsense. 64-bit distribution doesn't run on 32-bit computer

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread RW
To: Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org Cc: RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may have installed the 64-bit distribution on your

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-07 Thread Polytropon
: Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl To: Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org Cc: RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ? That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC Jason: It looks like you may

Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-06 Thread Jason Usher
I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: cpu I586_CPU and: cpu I686_CPU (I also tried them both lowercase, like i686_cpu) But all of these fail: GENERIC:

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-06 Thread Michael Sierchio
make LINT vi LINT On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Jason Usher jushe...@yahoo.com wrote: I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: cpu I586_CPU and: cpu

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-06 Thread RW
On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:53:04 -0700 (PDT) Jason Usher wrote: I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC

Re: Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

2012-08-06 Thread Chris Hill
On Tue, 7 Aug 2012, RW wrote: On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:53:04 -0700 (PDT) Jason Usher wrote: I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU. By default, GENERIC has HAMMER as the cpu, and that isn't working. So I tried both: That's the amd64 (64-bit) GENERIC