Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Feb 2002 07:41:36 -0500 (EST) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.12 on Pentium? |
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Mark Staudinger wrote:
> Is there any known problem with running kernel 2.4.12 on a P54/P55 CPU? I'm > unable to get a 2.4.12 kernel to boot on a pentium class machine, regardless > of what I choose for the "Processor Family" support in the config. > > A similar (if not identical) config of kernel 2.4.5 works just fine, even if > compiled for 686/Celeron processor family. > > The machine reboots during the "loading kernel...." phase and before the > "Uncompressing kernel" boot message.
I don't believe there's a problem here, I've run 2.4.5, 2.4.10, 2.4.13, and 2.4.17 on both P5 and P5C (yes/no MMX) without problems. Sounds more like a boot loader problem, does your LILO need 'linear' or something?
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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