Subject: Re: desperately seeking installation
Date: Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 08:20:33AM +0000
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Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> >From my logs:
> Probing PCI hardware.
> Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 30.00 BogoMIPS
> Memory: 39296k/40960k available (504k kernel code, 384k reserved, 776k
> data)
> Swansea University Computer Society NET3.035 for Linux 2.0
>
> Perhaps something with the memory ?
>
I think the MB is the culprit. With a K6/200 you are showing 30.00
BogoMIPS??? I had a 485DX50 that did 24.5 BogoMIPS. My current
M-Tech R534F with a Cyrix 6x86PR166, clocked @ 166Mhz gets 149.9
BogoMIPS. Memory world slow it down but 30.00 BogoMIPS shows it is
being choked!
>
>
> > I appreciate the support, folks.
> >
> > The motherboard in question is an EFA P5TX v1.30 with an AMD K6/200.
> >
> > Through long practice and much patience, I was able to see the word
> > "Calibrating" on the display before it reboots, so if there's a stage during
> > boot where it calibrates something, it's getting to that point, at least. I
> > can't tell if there's anything before or after that, though.
> >
> > What I've tried so far:
> >
> > 1) removing all components except for motherboard-mounted ones, and the VGA
> > card.
> > 2) resetting CMOS values to be very conservative (no caching of anything,
> > generous memory timing, very basic IDE settings, etc.)
> > 3) writing different images (tecra) to the boot floppy.
> > 4) using different boot floppies.
> > 5) fiddling with different PCI configurations.
> >
> > The boot disks I'm using seem to boot fine on my roommate's machine (a K5,
> > on an EFA P5TVX motherboard).
> >
> > I really, REALLY want to install this thing...I'm just beginning to wonder
> > if it's possible.
>
>
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