On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Jonathan Schmitt wrote:

: I tried to install NetBSD but faced severe instabilitys.
: During the installation process, the pc froze two times,
: with not even ctrl-alt-del working any more. The third
: try led to a working system, but this, also, is very unstable.
: I faced two complete freezes during 5 hours of work.
: Anyone an idea?

This may sound very strange, but I have a CPU and board quite similar to
yours:

: Amd K6-2 500
: 128MB SDRam
: DFI K6BV3+ Mainboard

Try turning off APM and the USB controller in the BIOS.  I have experienced
random hangs on a K6-2/500 based system with a Tomato TX100 board and
similar chipset.  Turning off these made it run flawlessly.

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