Why can't I set my cpu type in kernel config ?

[Wojciech Puchar]

> I am installing 8.3-RELEASE on an old 900mhz pentium laptop ... it's an i686 CPU.
>
> By default, GENERIC has "HAMMER" as the cpu, and that isn't working.  So I tried both:

you've got into wrong directory

/usr/src/sys/i386/conf is right

/usr/src/sys/amd64/conf is wrong, unless you have 64-bit CPU which you 
don't

>
> cpu     I586_CPU
>
> and:
>
> cpu     I686_CPU
>
this is right setting.