Re: AMD-K6-2 processor for Lenny

2009-11-30 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
forman...@email.cz wrote: > > From: Stan Hoeppner >> Simple. In 'make menuconfig' select K6-II under Processor Type. >> >> And read this if you haven't already: >> > href="http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html";>http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.ht

Re: AMD-K6-2 processor for Lenny

2009-11-30 Thread Dirk Neumann
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:31:36 +0100 (CET) forman...@email.cz wrote: > > Yes - I have read it. > menuconfig on Lenny - kernel 2.6.26-2 says only 4 options (if .config in > place or not): > > ( ) Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8 > ( ) Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon > ( ) Core 2/newer Xeon > ( )

Re: AMD-K6-2 processor for Lenny

2009-11-30 Thread formanlpg
From: Stan Hoeppner > Simple. In 'make menuconfig' select K6-II under Processor Type. > > And read this if you haven't already: > href="http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html";>http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html > > -- > Stan Yes - I have read

Re: AMD-K6-2 processor for Lenny

2009-11-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
forman...@email.cz put forth on 11/29/2009 6:44 PM: > How to configure & compile the kernel for AMD-K6-2 procesor ? Simple. In 'make menuconfig' select K6-II under Processor Type. And read this if you haven't already: http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html -- Stan -- T

Re: Amd K6 machine - advice please

2005-06-07 Thread John Hasler
Don writes: > I am running Debian 3.0 r2 on a 200Hz K6 on 4GB harddrive. ^ > A little slow I should think so. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Amd K6 machine - advice please

2005-06-07 Thread delta . ski
Robert Storey wrote: > I believe that K6 is compatible with 486 and even 586. >hasler/~ uname -a >Linux hasler.dhh.gt.org 2.2.12 #1 Mon Oct 4 22:06:49 CDT 1999 i586 unknown >hasler/~ cat /proc/cpuinfo >processor       : 0 >vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD >cpu family      : 5 >model           : 6 >m

Re: Amd K6 machine - advice please

2005-06-07 Thread John Hasler
Robert Storey wrote: > I believe that K6 is compatible with 486 and even 586. hasler/~ uname -a Linux hasler.dhh.gt.org 2.2.12 #1 Mon Oct 4 22:06:49 CDT 1999 i586 unknown hasler/~ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 5 model : 6 model nam

Re: Amd K6 machine - advice please

2005-06-07 Thread Jon Dowland
Robert Storey wrote: I believe that K6 is compatible with 486 and even 586. However, I don't have one here to test it, so you'll have to try it yourself. I would second this, K6 implements pentium instructions (586) and I'll raise you a pentium pro :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: Amd K6 machine - advice please

2005-06-07 Thread Robert Storey
I believe that K6 is compatible with 486 and even 586. However, I don't have one here to test it, so you'll have to try it yourself. regards, Robert On Tuesday 07 June 2005 06:34, Marc Auslander wrote: > I'm running a now out of date stable system - the sarge prerelease. > > When I upgraded to

Re: Amd K6 machine - advice please

2005-06-06 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 06:02:44PM -0600, Cam wrote: > Just compile your own. 386, K6, etc. are all still avaliable in the > standard kernel, even if they're not in the packages (if you're scared > of configuring your own, you could probably just copy the config file > from a (more recent) older k

Re: Amd K6 machine - advice please

2005-06-06 Thread Marty
Marc Auslander wrote: I'm running a now out of date stable system - the sarge prerelease. When I upgraded to the 2.6 kernel, k6 was no longer available. I found that 386 worked. I am using kernels 2.6.8 and 2.6.11 compiled for my K6. The only issue I had was the system clock slowing down due

Re: AMD K6 2 - 350. New install. Some doubts...

1999-06-05 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
l.gov): > On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:18:42 -0300 > > From: Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org >

Re: AMD K6 2 - 350. New install. Some doubts...

1999-06-04 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi, first thanks for your time. Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > Hi, > >Hi all. >I bought an AMD K6 250 and it seems to come with a lot of hardware >within it: >a sound board, modem, video, ... >but the software is for Windows and with few documentation... > >

Re: AMD K6 2 - 350. New install. Some doubts...

1999-06-04 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi, thanks for your time... " Raymond A. Ingles" wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > > Hi all. > > I bought an AMD K6 250 and it seems to come with a lot of hardware > > within it: > > a sound board, modem, video, ... > > but the

Re: AMD K6 2 - 350. New install. Some doubts...

1999-06-04 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > Hi all. > I bought an AMD K6 250 and it seems to come with a lot of hardware > within it: > a sound board, modem, video, ... > but the software is for Windows and with few documentation... > I have some doubts: >

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-21 Thread Daniel J. Brosemer
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Peter Bartosch wrote: > > On 19-Jan-99, Peter Bartosch took time to write : > > >> bogomips should only depend on hardware no ? > > > > > > only on cpu (and clock) > > > > that's what i thought too, but it doesn't seem true in my case > > as with exactly the same hardware an

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-21 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > On 19-Jan-99, Peter Bartosch took time to write : > >> bogomips should only depend on hardware no ? > > > > only on cpu (and clock) > > that's what i thought too, but it doesn't seem true in my case > as with exactly the same hardware and no change in bios > i have > 700 bogomips with ker

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-20 Thread pat
On 19-Jan-99, Peter Bartosch took time to write : >> bogomips should only depend on hardware no ? > > only on cpu (and clock) that's what i thought too, but it doesn't seem true in my case as with exactly the same hardware and no change in bios i have 700 bogomips with kernel 2.2.0pre7 and 350bog

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-19 Thread Peter Bartosch
Hi! > i have : > processor : 0 > cpu : 586 > model : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > stepping: M < difference !!! what is it ? it's a production-revision! higher stepping - newer cpu because of newer production-masks (and hop

Re: AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-19 Thread pat
On 18-Jan-99, Tino Schwarze took time to write : > REMEMBER: BogoMIPS, are bogus only - they DO NOT tell you anything about > your processors real performance. So, I guess, the calibration loop used but they at least tell you if you have something badly misconfigured > for calculation BogoMI

Re: AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-19 Thread pat
On 19-Jan-99, James Pollard took time to write : > i've not messed around with BogoMIPS really, but i do have one question. > your BogoMIPS count went up dramatically, but did it really feel like you > had a performance increase? if so, why switch back? if not, why care > about them unless it w

Re: AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-19 Thread James Pollard
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Thanks all for your input. > > The problem is solved in a way. > > Before mucking with hardware i tried few software things. > > With 2.0.36 compiled as 686 and as 586 i had only 350Bogomips with a 350MHz > K6-2 > > BUT (!) with 2.2.0pre7 compile

Re: AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-18 Thread Henning Makholm
Mark Wagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > REMEMBER: BogoMIPS, are bogus only - they DO NOT tell you anything about > > your processors real performance. > Would you happen to know of any Linux benchmarking utilities that will > measure a system's ability to perform various tasks so I and others

Re: AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-18 Thread Mark Wagnon
Tino Schwarze wrote: > > REMEMBER: BogoMIPS, are bogus only - they DO NOT tell you anything about > your processors real performance. So, I guess, the calibration loop used for > calculation BogoMIPS is somehow broken if you compile 2.0.36 for 686 instead > of 586 (as advised in Help to "Processor

Re: AMD-K6 Bogomips problem solved (sort of)

1999-01-18 Thread Tino Schwarze
Hi Patrick, > With 2.0.36 compiled as 686 and as 586 i had only 350Bogomips with a 350MHz > K6-2 > > BUT (!) with 2.2.0pre7 compiled with CONFIG_M586TSC=y i have my full 700 > bogomips ! > with it /proc/cpuinfo shows everything right (CPU clock,etc...) > > That's strange isn't it ? Probably a str

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 11:13:41AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think i have a problem with one of my new K6-2 box. > I have two boxes : same motherboard (ASUS P5A) , same amount of memory > (128Mo). > Same output of /proc/cpuinfo for both > > *except* for bogomips. > > One is a 350MHz and

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-18 Thread Mark Wagnon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > I think i have a problem with one of my new K6-2 box. > > I have two boxes : same motherboard (ASUS P5A) , same amount of memory > (128Mo). > Same output of /proc/cpuinfo for both > > *except* for bogomips. > > One is a 350MHz and it gives me ~350 Bogomips

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, 17 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > otherwise the 'compile as [386/486/Pentium/PentiumPro]' option in kernel > compilation could change the bogomips rating or not ? > i compiled it as a 686. > should i compile it as a 586 ? >From Configure.help: - "Pentium" for the AMD K5, K6 and K

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread pat
On 17-Jan-99, Phillip Deackes took time to write : >> so my AMD K6-2 at 350Mhz should have 700Bogomips isn't it ? > > I think I would be concerned too. I have an AMD K6-2 3D 350 MHz I am ! > processor, overclocked to 400MHz and I get the following from cat > /proc/cpuinfo: > > processor :

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread pat
On 17-Jan-99, Marcus Brinkmann took time to write : > On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 03:34:42PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> besides the fact it seems outdated (1997-12-13), it says like me: >> AMD K5/K6 clock * (2.00 plusminus 0.010) 11.1 >> >> and it lists K6 at 166Mhz havi

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread Phillip Deackes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > besides the fact it seems outdated (1997-12-13), it says like me: > AMD K5/K6 clock * (2.00 plusminus 0.010) 11.1 > > and it lists K6 at 166Mhz having already ~330Bogomips ! > > so my AMD K6-2 at 350Mhz should have 700Bogomips isn't it ? > > so nex

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 03:34:42PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > besides the fact it seems outdated (1997-12-13), it says like me: > AMD K5/K6 clock * (2.00 plusminus 0.010) 11.1 > > and it lists K6 at 166Mhz having already ~330Bogomips ! > > so my AMD K6-2 at 350Mhz shou

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread pat
On 17-Jan-99, Marcus Brinkmann took time to write : >> One is a 350MHz and it gives me ~350 Bogomips >> the other is a 400MHz and it gives me ~800 Bogomips >> >> I think there is a problem. What do you think ? > > No. i think there is, see below >> What should i check first ? > > Read the Bog

Re: AMD K6-2 / Bogomips problem

1999-01-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 11:13:41AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One is a 350MHz and it gives me ~350 Bogomips > the other is a 400MHz and it gives me ~800 Bogomips > > I think there is a problem. What do you think ? No. > What should i check first ? Read the Bogomips mini-Howto. /usr/doc/

Re: AMD K6-2 3D Now 300 MHz

1999-01-02 Thread Ben Messinger
Darko Martic wrote: > > Hi ! > > Are there any problems about using the processor from the subject with > Debian linux ? I'm buying a new processor and I think I'll buy that one. > > Thanx ! I am using that processor on two boxen with no problems. One is a server that has been up continuously s

Re: AMD K6-2 3D Now 300 MHz

1999-01-01 Thread Phillip Deackes
Darko Martic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ! > > Are there any problems about using the processor from the subject with > Debian linux ? I'm buying a new processor and I think I'll buy that > one. Hi. I have a K6-2 3D Now 350 MHz and have overclocked it to 400 MHz. Works great - I have compiled

Re: AMD K6-2 3D Now 300 MHz

1999-01-01 Thread wax_man
On 1 Jan, Darko Martic wrote: > Hi ! > > Are there any problems about using the processor from the subject with > Debian linux ? I'm buying a new processor and I think I'll buy that one. > > Thanx ! > > This processor works like a charm for me, and really flys.

Re: AMD K6-2 kernel compile ?

1998-11-16 Thread Dave Swegen
On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 17:03 +0100, Marc van der Vossen wrote: > > Wowie, just a bit of time and my PC won't have any Intel, nor Microshit on > it. ;-))) Didn't you hear? Intel is now one of the good guys :) Cheers Dave -- Dave Swegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: AMD K6-2 kernel compile ?

1998-11-16 Thread Carey Evans
"Marc van der Vossen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering what CPU I should select for compiling the kernel. I have a > AMD K6-2 300MHz. Should I compile for a regular pentium, or do the newer > kernels have K6 as a selectable CPU ? The development (2.1.x) kernels have: 386, 486/Cx48

Re: AMD K6

1998-05-22 Thread Rick
I am running a AMD K6 233, and have had no problems at all. as was mentioned in the thred, check the serial. Rick -Original Message- From: Matt Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: 22 May 1998 07:35 Subject: AMD K6 >I just bought the above and when attempt

Re: AMD K6

1998-05-22 Thread robert havoc pennington
The only problem with the K6 I've read about is with some made before September of last year, they occasionally bomb in large compiles with over 32 MB of RAM in the machine. Do a web search and you should be able to find out if your K6 is one of the broken ones by looking at the serial #. AMD will

Re: AMD K6 233 (2)

1998-03-28 Thread M.C. Bezemer
Well, thanks to all, I'm gonna buy it (at least as soon as I have enough money together, but that should be quite soon) Greetings, Maarten Bezemer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: AMD K6 233

1998-03-28 Thread George R
On 03/28/98 at 11:25 AM, Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 01:18:08PM +0100, M.C. Bezemer wrote: > PS I also >heard that linux also doesn't work 100% correct with a Cyrix > P166+ >(messing up disks etc) . What is true about that? >Not very much, I think. Do you mea

Re: AMD K6 233

1998-03-28 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 01:18:08PM +0100, M.C. Bezemer wrote: > PS I also heard that linux also doesn't work 100% correct with a Cyrix > P166+ (messing up disks etc) . What is true about that? Not very much, I think. Do you mean the Cyrix 6x86 (M1), or the 6x86MX, or maybe even just 6x86L? I've ha

Re: AMD K6 233

1998-03-27 Thread wtopa
Subject: AMD K6 233 Date: Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 01:18:08PM +0100 In reply to:M.C. Bezemer Quoting M.C. Bezemer([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi! > > A few hunderd messages ago someone (I believe 't was Wolf Logan) had a > problem installing Debian. He mentioned that he had an AMD K6/2

Re: AMD K6 233

1998-03-27 Thread Anthony Fok
On Fri, Mar 27, 1998 at 01:18:08PM +0100, M.C. Bezemer wrote: > PS I also heard that linux also doesn't work 100% correct with a Cyrix > P166+ (messing up disks etc) . What is true about that? I have a Cyrix 6x86 P166+ chip and it works just fine here. :-) (Have been using it with Linux for one a

Re: AMD K6 233

1998-03-27 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, M.C. Bezemer wrote: > A few hunderd messages ago someone (I believe 't was Wolf > Logan) had a problem installing Debian. He mentioned that he > had an AMD K6/200. I am thinking about buying a K6/233, but > would linux run clearly with it? Has anyone experience with > this?

Re: AMD K6 233

1998-03-27 Thread Lim Hway Kiong
On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, M.C. Bezemer wrote: > > A few hunderd messages ago someone (I believe 't was Wolf Logan) had a > problem installing Debian. He mentioned that he had an AMD K6/200. I > am thinking about buying a K6/233, but would linux run clearly with it? > Has anyone experience with this?

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-15 Thread Tim Sailer
Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > > So if you get a new chip then it shouldn't have any problems? > > > Yes, but talking quite frankly with the techs there, they said the > > fastest they are turning them back around is 7-9 weeks. 2 months > > without a CPU?? > > a couple of things: > > a) the

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-15 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
> > So if you get a new chip then it shouldn't have any problems? > Yes, but talking quite frankly with the techs there, they said the > fastest they are turning them back around is 7-9 weeks. 2 months > without a CPU?? a couple of things: a) the buggy chips are no longer avaialable. b) it r

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-15 Thread tps
On Dec 14, Fenrick wrote > > There are problems with certain runs of the K6 and linux with > > more than 32 MB RAM. It's documented on their web page, along > > with how to return your defective chip for a good one. Since > > you have to send it to them first, I just switched the K6 we > > had into

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-14 Thread Benoit Goudreault-Emond
> > There are problems with certain runs of the K6 and linux with > > more than 32 MB RAM. It's documented on their web page, along > > with how to return your defective chip for a good one. Since > > you have to send it to them first, I just switched the K6 we > > had into a winders95 box, and it

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-14 Thread Fenrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Dec 12, A. M. Varon wrote > > Hi, > > > > I have heard of some problems with AMD K6 Anyone to comment? > > > > The reason is because I have a K6 200 right beside me. :) > > There are problems with certain runs of the K6 and linux with > more than 32 MB RAM. It'

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-13 Thread tps
On Dec 12, A. M. Varon wrote > Hi, > > I have heard of some problems with AMD K6 Anyone to comment? > > The reason is because I have a K6 200 right beside me. :) There are problems with certain runs of the K6 and linux with more than 32 MB RAM. It's documented on their web page, along with h

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-12 Thread Rick Hawkins
> I have heard of some problems with AMD K6 Anyone to comment? > The reason is because I have a K6 200 right beside me. :) There was a minor bug that was fixed some months ago. In repeated compiles, it would attempt to execute an occasional instruction twice. THis has been fixed, and all

Re: AMD K6

1997-12-12 Thread A. M. Varon
Hi, I have heard of some problems with AMD K6 Anyone to comment? The reason is because I have a K6 200 right beside me. :) regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated Technical Head

RE: AMD K6

1997-12-12 Thread George Bonser
I am running one on one of my machines ... no problems. On 12-Dec-97 Fenrick wrote: > I was wondering if anyone knew of any problems with running the K6 and > Debian Linux? > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-ma