bogomips of 8.... sounds like the turbo switch question answer is evident.
Often the slow speed (non turbo) was set to 8mhz.... So try the other
position for the turbo switch pins. (if the pins are open now, short
them''' same as closing the switch''') and see if the speed comes up any.
brian:)
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At 03:48 PM 1/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm going to attempt to run a DNS server on an old 486DX with 64MB RAM.
>However, with the current setup it runs really slowly. It's running a fresh
>RH7.0 install with all of the package updates. I couldn't get /proc/cpuinfo
>to reveal the clock speed, but bogomips are sluggish, around 8. Seems
>really slow for a 100 MHz chip. What can I do to get this machine up to
>speed? And what's with the AuthenticAMD label? This is an intel chip.
>
>Also, I couldn't figure out how to wire the Turbo switch. Will the chip
>default to max speed if I just don't wire it?
>
>Drew
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>/proc/cpuinfo
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>processor: 0
>vendor_id: AuthenticAMD
>cpu family : 4
>model: 8
>model name : 486 DX/4
>stepping: 4
>fdiv_bug: no
>hlt_bug: no
>sep_bug: no
>f00f_bug: no
>coma_bug: no
>fpu: yes
>fpu_exception: yes
>cpuid level : 1
>wp: yes
>flags: fpu
>bogomips: 7.91
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