On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Phillipus Gunawan wrote:
> I have a second hand Cyrix IBM 233 with the peocessor description:
>
> 6 * 86 MX
> PR233
>
> IBM26*86MX-CVAPR233GE
> 3.0X 66MHZ-2.9V CORE
that 3.0X 66MHZ as meaning in that it only *runs* at 200mhz
the PR stuff is just marketing hype because it performs the same as a
Pentium 233 (but that's clocked at 233mhz)
It's like the athlon and P4 these days.
so leave the multiplier at 3 and it will work fine. And set the voltage to
2.9v
> I set the mother-board jumpper corectly as stated in the docs.
>
> The funny thing here is: if i set it properly, the linux installation will stop at:
>
> Running Anaconda - please wait...
> Install exited abnormally -- received signal signal 11
> sending termination signals... done
> sending kill signals... done
> disabling swap...
> unmounting filesystems...
> /proc/bus/usb
> /mnt/runtime
> /mnt/sourcew umount failed ( )
> /dev/pts
> /proc
> you may safely reboot your system
>
> But... if I set the mother-board jumpper to pentium 200, I can install everthing
>normally, withoung having any problem.
>
> I checked the processor (the hardware) and it is 233 as I typed before.
>
> Any help please?
> Thanks in Advance,
>
>
> Phillipus.
>
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