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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

I have had other problems with Cyrix cpus of this age, in particular one 
DOS database program won't run on them.  It runs on older or newer Cyrix 
cpus.  But I also cannot get the 2 floppy thing to work on my other two 
pentium computers with different cpus.  The Cyrix is the one with the 
divide overflow, the others have other problems.

I think this Part 1 / Part2 method is somehow hardware-specific.

What cpus has it worked on?  


On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Gurpal S. Bhachu wrote:

> Sindi,
> I don't believe it! I have exactly THE SAME cpu. I have a Cyrix 685L
> PR200+ which I recently acquired from a scrap heap!

We have two of these cpus, one labelled IBM and one Cyrix (same cpu).
One came in a computer given to us to recycle (the computer works except 
with Windows) and the other was in a computer that was struck by 
lightning.  

> G.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sindi Keesan [mailto:keesan AT iamjlamb.com] 
> > Sent: 29 January 2004 13:53
> > To: g AT gurpal.co.uk; baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: Re: [BL] Divide overflow?
> > 
> > 
> > I checked this again on my first of three computers where the 
> > 2-floppy 
> > method is not working.  
> > 
> > This one has a Cyrix cpu - 6x86L-PR200+.
> > 
> > I made both disks okay (except that it tells me I have copied 
> > 1 file(s) to 
> > disk 1 three times and I end up with 10 files of which 2 are 
> > hidden). I Try to boot from the set and it copies disk 1 and 
> > copies disk2 and I see 
> > while copying disk2:
> > 
> > C:Part1
> > A:Parts  - I see it copying, the floppy drive light is on, it 
> > makes the 
> > usual copying noises, and suddenly tells me:
> > 
> > Divide overflow
> > C>
> > 
> > This machine (Cyrix) works fine with BL2 ramdisk and DOS but 
> > crashes if 
> > you try to run Opera under Win98 (and would not install Win98 without 
> > crashing if I put in the P166cpu and ran it at full speed - 
> > it installed 
> > at 150MHz but still crashed Opera)..
> > 
> > I get the same thing on my Intel Pentium I 166MHz with the 
> > 'F0 0F bug' sometimes, but usually it won't even make the 
> > second disk.  This machine has been working perfectly with 
> > BL2 and DOS.  It has some other bug
> > (popad?) for which linux has found a workaround.
> >   
> > AMD K6500MHz.  (This machine had a reset problem due to 
> > timing that was fixed with hdparam.  Works fine with Win98 
> > and DOS).  Won't load Part2.  
> > I see 
> > C:PART1
> > then floppy drive light flashes briefly and then nothing else happens.
> > 
> > I checked and all the files are on both disks in all cases.
> > 
> > I tried several 100% good reformatted disks (format /u).
> > 
> > At one point before reformatting I discovered the second disk was no 
> > longer 1.4M but 1.2M (no free space, just that one big file).  Odd.
> > 
> > 
> > The first computer (did not try the others) boots fine from 
> > the 2-floppy 
> > set made on my old 486 BL2.0.  I will try making the 2 disks 
> > for BL2.1 on 
> > the 486 laptop.  Maybe this method is hardware dependent 
> > somehow?  On the 
> > 
> > Gurpal, thanks for confirming my problem - see the recent thread 
> > Linux cannot read floppy disks.  What cpu is in your computer?
> > 
> > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Gurpal S. Bhachu wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I created the distro using the 2 floppy method. I booted 
> > from disk 1, 
> > > all goes well. I put in disk 2 and towards the end I get a "Divide 
> > > Overflow" error and the C> prompt.
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > G.
> > > 
> > 
> > 
>