Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 09:07:54 EST
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT ctron DOT com>
To: slimick+@pitt.edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Help on 80387 emulator

>We are trying to bring up gcc on a 486 with NO 80487 (or 80387).
>gcc aborts because it finds no processor chip where the 80387
>should be. I tried modifying the GO32 variable to include the
>80387 emulation, but the problem remains. Obviously I am
>doing something simple wrong, but I can't think what.

A 486 without a FPU?  Sounds broken to me.

Try "set 387=NO" and see if it helps.  If go32 still hangs, you have a
non-compliant motherboard, as I use code directly from Intel's manuals
for detecting a FPU.

DJ