[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> dmesg | grep 386
Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 5
model : 8
model name : K6-2 (PR233 - PR333)
stepping : unknown
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx
bogomips : 665.19
Well, no problem with me and a K6/2 333
seems like something is broken on your motherboard :o/
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