[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit. // This unit has a vortex86 CPU. // When installing the unit finds the USB cdrom I type linux text and it // starts // vlinuz... // init // Screen goes black and the unit reboots. / Sounds like an i586 CPU which

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:46:53AM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: / // I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit. /http://www.embeddedpc.net/eBox2300/tabid/110/Default.aspx ? you won't make it with only 128 MB of RAM... is the cpu i686 compatible? Tru Tru, yes this is the box I

Re: [CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Tru Huynh
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:38:38PM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: ... yes this is the box I am trying to install on... I dont know if its i686, either way I thought i386 should work. I am I wrong? yes, the i686 has some additionnal instructions that a i586 does not have. I have no idea about the

Re: [CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Johnny Hughes
Jerry Geis wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:46:53AM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: / // I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit. /http://www.embeddedpc.net/eBox2300/tabid/110/Default.aspx ? you won't make it with only 128 MB of RAM... is the cpu i686 compatible? yes this is the

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / // On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:46:53AM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: // / // I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit. // /http://www.embeddedpc.net/eBox2300/tabid/110/Default.aspx ? // // you won't make it with only 128 MB of RAM... // is the cpu i686 compatible? //

Re: [CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Johnny Hughes
Jerry Geis wrote: Jerry Geis wrote: / // On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:46:53AM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: // / // I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit. // /http://www.embeddedpc.net/eBox2300/tabid/110/Default.aspx ? // // you won't make it with only 128 MB of RAM... // is the cpu

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
now do: i586 text mem=128 when I do i586 text mem=128 it says cant find kernel so I do linux i586 text mem=128 and I get the same behavior Loading vmlinuz Loading initrd and reboot. Am I not correctly specifying the kernel yet? Jerry

Re: [CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Johnny Hughes
Jerry Geis wrote: now do: i586 text mem=128 when I do i586 text mem=128 it says cant find kernel so I do linux i586 text mem=128 and I get the same behavior Loading vmlinuz Loading initrd and reboot. Am I not correctly specifying the kernel yet? Are you sure this is a CD-1 and

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: / // now do: // // i586 text mem=128 // // // when I do i586 text mem=128 it says cant find kernel // so I do linux i586 text mem=128 and I get the same behavior // Loading vmlinuz // Loading initrd // and reboot. // // Am I not correctly specifying the kernel yet?

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Jerry Geis
Jerry Geis wrote: Jerry Geis wrote: / // now do: // // i586 text mem=128 // // // when I do i586 text mem=128 it says cant find kernel // so I do linux i586 text mem=128 and I get the same behavior // Loading vmlinuz // Loading initrd // and reboot. // // Am I not correctly specifying

[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

2008-05-29 Thread Scott Silva
on 5-29-2008 11:52 AM Jerry Geis spake the following: Jerry Geis wrote: / // now do: // // i586 text mem=128 // // // when I do i586 text mem=128 it says cant find kernel // so I do linux i586 text mem=128 and I get the same behavior // Loading vmlinuz // Loading initrd // and reboot.