>> 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 CPU which you > don't > >> >> cpu I586_CPU >> >> and: >> >> cpu I686_CPU >> > this is right setting.
Another possible explanation... How old is this 900Mhz Pentium laptop? Some Pentium D/Celeron D processors (2004) are 64bit, although I don't know if they made any of the D's less than 1.2GHz... but if so the OP could have installed amd64. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
