Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM | Date | Sun, 9 Mar 2003 12:55:02 +0000 (GMT) |
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> 1. Newer kernels do not boot on 386 > > 2. I use linux successfully since 1997. A year ago I've tried to use > linux on an AMD 5x86, and I realized that newer kernels (>2.4.13) do no= > t > boot. It starts: "loading linux........" and then after a while it > reboots the computer, before "Ok, booting the kernel". I found the same > problem on a Cyrix 486SLC2 too. I tried compile kernels by myself, but > they did the same too, except for 2.4.13. The official Debian > kernel-images failed too. I use lilo-2.2, with debian 3.0 stable > (woody).
I've used 2.4.18 extensively on an Intel 486 SX-25, without problems. I did notice the immediate rebooting problem using a few old 2.5.x trees, but that was months ago, around the 2.5.40 timeframe, more recent 2.5.x trees worked fine.
Incidently, I haven't had time to do my usual testing on low spec machines recently, but intend restart that at the earliest opportunity.
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