Re: AMD 5x86 and reboot
kestrel@aye.net wrote:
>
> I've run into a problem, I just installed a Kingston TurboChip (AMD 5x86
> 133Mhz) designed to run like a P-75 on a 486 motherboard, everything runs
> fine until I reboot, when I do I get a page error and a prompt to login for
> maintainance but can't reboot at all, what do I need to do to correct this
> problem? This happens on a 2.0.31 kernel built for 486, and a 2.0.32 kernel
> built for pentium so far
I use this chip and it works fine. Once thing though: your kernel should
*not* be compiled for a pentium. This chip is not pentium-compatible.
It is instruction-set compatible with the *486*. They're just telling
you it will run *as fast* as a Pentium 75.
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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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