Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Oct 1998 21:11:39 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: 286 & Linux |
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On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, LJP wrote:
> Anybody know if the kernel will boot up on an old 286 with a 486 upgrade? >
Take your favorite kernel (zImage of bzImage) and copy it to a raw floppy.
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /dev/fd0
Then try to boot your machine with it. It probably won't find any of the devices, etc., certainly won't be able to mount the root file- system, but if it comes up with some initialization stuff before it panics trying to mount a non-existant fs, then it works!
If it says uncompressing linux and that's all... then it doesn't. I take such a floppy to Computer Shows to see how machines work with Linux. You can even see the BogoMIPS to help decide if it's worth the effort to continue. Just a motherboard, floppy, and screen-card will tell a lot.
Cheers, Dick Johnson ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** Penguin : Linux version 2.1.126 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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