From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:06:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:05:57 -0400 Received: from razor.hemmet.chalmers.se ([193.11.251.99]:62090 "EHLO razor.hemmet.chalmers.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:05:43 -0400 Message-ID: <3B712B23.5090700@kjellander.com> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 14:05:55 +0200 From: Carl-Johan Kjellander User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.3) Gecko/20010801 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maciej Zenczykowski CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 386 boot problems with 2.4.7 and 2.4.7-ac9 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Maciej Zenczykowski wrote: >>The system is a 386DX with an Award 3.15c BIOS. The distribution >>is smalllinux i think, but I've modified it a lot. >> > > 99% sure that your problem is binaries for 486 and up, had this problem > installing RedHat 7.1 on a 486 with no CDROM drive - did the installation > on a Pentium 3, then it would not boot, compiled a new kernel for 486, > installed that on the P 3, now it booted on the 486 but would not run > init. The binaries were for 686 and refused to run... As I said in my post, the distribution is not Red Hat, but smalllinux, a very tiny floppydistribution that runs on a 386 with as low as 2MB RAM (Mine has 4MB). I only compile new kernels on my Red Hat machine and yes I do compile it for the 386: # Processor type and features # CONFIG_M386=y My 386 boots stock 2.4.3 fine but not 2.4.7. > PS. There should be a choich when installing RedHat in advanced mode what > processor you want to install for - often enough the computer you are > installing on is not quite the same as the one it will be running on. > You can do always try to install from the harddrive or via NFS, ftp or http from your other machines. Red Hat does a lot of smart things during the install and you have to make sure that for instance glibc is not the i686 rpm. /Carl-Johan Kjellander -- begin 644 carljohan_at_kjellander_dot_com.gif Y1TE&.#=A(0`F`(```````/___RP`````(0`F```"@XR/!\N<#U.;+MI`<[U(>\!UGQ9BGT%>'D2I Y*=NX,2@OUF2&<827ILW;^822C>\7!!Z1,!K'B5(6HQI6:7"A>Y?):D2^*U@NCV RLZYD-_T1U<@3W]A4(^$-W4]A#V")W6#.R"$;IR'@).46BN7$9>5D``#L`