Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Jun 1997 21:35:53 -0400 (EDT) | From | Benson L Chow <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.42 |
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I still own [and use!] 386DX40 that I use as a network server / PPP-MASQ router / bootpd / named / whatever i want to throw on it. It only has 8MB, and has been running linux quite nicely. It has no math coprocessor, and it doesn't need one. It would be a shame if I couldn't upgrade this machine's kernel to one that is resistant to the newest types of nasty people who exploit networking holes. 2.0.30 runs nicely!
There are tons of uses for these old machines, I really think it's a bad idea to remove support, since the hardware still isn't much different from mainstream systems. BTW, most PC machines use edge-triggered, and *should* automatically reset when INTACK occurs, unless your machine somehow crashes so that it won't reset... and removing edge trigger support will kill ISA...
I would suggest that you try compiling that kernel again, on perhaps another machine. Check your hardware a bit. Also, could it possibly be that you have a MCA machine like the PS2/55sx? I don't have much experience with the 55sx (since Chris Beauguard says it should work fine with normal kernels), but I hear that MCA, if you don't compile with MCA kernel support, will crash the computer with irq0 stuck asserted (makes sense, in a true level-triggered interrupt system.)
[on a side note, I have a PS2 80 (386DX20) that I have linux/MCA running on. It pukes when trying to fsck a drive. It turns out the drive is dying and that's why it's crashing.]
-bc
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