RE: K6-2 and debian ?

["Paulo J. da Silva e Silva" <rsilva@ime.usp.br>]

Michael_G_Koch@globalknowledge.de writes:
 > Hi !
 > 
 > I know it sounds like a stupid question but since i installed my new K6-2/300 i have a lot of problems.
 > 
 > Hardware is:
 > Gigabyte HX 2.01 board, latest BIOS (with K6-2 support) at 66Mhzx4.5
 > Symbios 8751 UW SCSI, IBM DCAS 34330 UW etc.
 > 
 > When running this hardware with my K5-PR133, no problem.
 > 
 > When i boot debian with the K6 installed, it displays a _VERY_ strange message:
 > "386/387 coupling: Hmm, FDIV bug in i586 system ??" and if i try to install something, most dkpg commands die with floating point execptions ???
 > 
 > Anyone on this list running a K6-2/300: please do a dmesg and look for that "386/387" line. Any differences ?
 > 
 > (i suspect the FPU to be broken)
 > 

Hello,

I run a mix of Debian 2.0 and slink in a K6-2/300 system (with Biostar M5ALA
motherboard) for 2 months now. No problems with floating points. I don't
remember any message in boot like that one you posted, but I am not home now
so I can't be sure.

Best regards.

Paulo.