Hi Ralf, I have one of those in my house. It runs headless connected to my amp for streaming music. It does indeed have a 486 kernel. cheers nigel
On 15 January 2014 05:03, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Ralf Gesellensetter (2014-01-14 20:50:21) >> currently, I try to recycle some (approx. 10 years) old thin clients >> (Epia Mini-itx) as stand allone surf stations. >> >> Trying to boot any recent kernel makes the system hang; my research >> gave hints that the current kernel misses some firmware to support >> this chipset, or needs some CPU standard that the lacks the VIA >> processors. > > None of the EPIA boards (that I am aware of, and I have used quite a > few) require firmware to boot (some may benefit from firmware to improve > ethernet, but that's a different story). > > More likely you need the 486 kernel instead of the 686 kernel installed > by default nowadays. Try that if you haven't already. > > If that is not the problem, then it might help if you share which > particular EPIA board you are messing with. > > > - Jonas > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cadlsrd5jex9k88qjppmsiutvglbyrxeukfbrec0gopdumax...@mail.gmail.com
