On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 05:35:13AM -0500, Geoffrey wrote: > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Juli Mallett wrote: > > > * De: Poul-Henning Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Data: 2003-02-27 ] > > [ Subjecte: Any ideas why we can't even boot a i386 ? ] > > > Yup. 386dx - 33Mhz. Results below: > > > > > > Loaded kern.flp, mfsroot.flp, prompted for boot, then core dumped > > > as follows: > > > > Was this normal release? I thought I recalled a convo resulting in > > the decision that 386 would require special release bits? > > Yes, it was from release floppies written a couple of weeks ago. > In fairness, it might not like my scsi host adapter (Adaptec 1542CF). Or > there may be an issue with the size of the drive (HP C2490 - 2 GB). The > bios only supports one controller so fitting enough IDE drives for src, > obj, usr and swap wasn't an option. > : RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v : Working file: GENERIC : head: 1.376 : branch: : locks: strict : access list: : keyword substitution: kv : total revisions: 508; selected revisions: 1 : description: : ---------------------------- : revision 1.296 : date: 2001/01/14 10:11:10; author: jhb; state: Exp; lines: +2 -2 : Remove I386_CPU from GENERIC. Support for the 386 seriously pessimizes : performance on other x86 processors. Custom kernels can still be built : that will run on the 386. : =============================================================================
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