From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:42:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:42:28 -0400 Received: from willow.seitz.com ([207.106.55.140]:50704 "EHLO willow.seitz.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:42:18 -0400 From: Ross Vandegrift Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:42:33 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: 2.4 broken on 486SX Message-ID: <20010824154233.A10048@willow.seitz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello all, I've tried many versions of 2.4 kernels on a 486SX that I have, and none of them will boot. When trying to boot, I see 'Loading...............' with the dots continuing to appear. Finally, the expected carriage return, and bam the system is dead. The box doesn't even make it to 'Uncompressing Linux...'. What I'm wondering, is how on earth am I supposed to figure out what is going on and fix it? I've tried booting both with loadlin and directly off a floppy, both produce the same result. The machine has 16M of RAM. I do not know offhand the make of the CPU. Ross Vandegrift ross@willow.seitz.com