Use Suse 6.3 and specify i386 boot kernel. I have run it successfully on
three different 486 systems.
Regards, Jim
At 08:53 PM 4/18/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Shawn,
>
>After reading this mail i've got a question. I've tried lot's of time to let
>an 'old' 486 with 16 mb talk linux. Until now i'm not very succesfull.
>With multiple distributions i've tried but unfortenately unsuccesfull.
>The problems arise at booting time, when the kernel itself is loaded. Almost
>al of the time, i get kernel panics. Booting from flop, cd or disk does not
>matter. all fail.
>
>I've tried to compile different kernels but all with the same result.
>
>I'm not able to read all those error messages appearing when 'hanging' but
>maybe you can give me some hints..
>
>the machine is an ICL 486, on-board video, 16mb, a temporary disk (want to
>boot via ethernet which physically works except for the kernel), and monitor
>attached.
>
>
>I just wanted to make a simple terminal for monitoring and config use for my
>linux server which is in an (cold) different room.
>
>
>
>All info is welcome,
>
>Ron Jochems
>PD1ACF
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shawn T. Rutledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 1:37 AM
>Subject: Re: old PCs
>
>
> >On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 09:02:02AM +1000, Barrett, Peter G wrote:
> >> I Have an old DX2-66, hda=124Mb hdb=408Mb ESS soundcard and thought that
> >> rather than just dump it I could devote it to soundmodem AX25.
> >> Am I dreaming?
> >> If I'm not I would be interested to hear your ideas on the best best way
>to
> >> set it up, ie what to include, what to leave out.
> >> There must be a lot of surplus equipment similar to this and it seems so
> >> wasteful to just ditch them.
> >> Hams are noted for their resourcefulness, and Linux is noted for it's
> >> flexibility. Computers are noted for their obsolescence.
> >> What do you think.
> >
> >I think it's a great idea although I don't know much about how much
> >CPU power the soundmodem needs. Let me know if it works, I might do
> >it too.
> >
> >I continue to use 486's for a few chores... one was supposed to be the
> >"bedroom Xterm" but I find I don't need it for that very often; its
> >other purpose is to run my X10 controller. Of course all the machines
> >run distributed.net in their spare time so no CPU cycles are wasted.
> >Another 486 has a BIOS that's unusually friendly to weird IDE devices,
> >like my compact FLASH adapter, and my SunDisk adapter. So I use it
> >mainly for transferring data to and from those devices. Another 486
> >has a "vintage" slackware on it, since I have trouble compiling old
> >kernels on modern distros. I'm working on a low-memory setup for my
> >386 touchscreen machines, and libc5 with an old kernel seems to be the
> >way to go to save memory. And another 486 gets used for some Turbo C
> >DOS development I was working on for a while (another thin client idea
> >I had... if I succeed, even 286's might become useful again as thin
> >graphics terminals). It also is the only machine in the house that still
> >has Win95 on it.
> >
> >So yes, there are plenty of uses for them, and I don't understand anybody
> >who'd throw out a 486, especially one with a DX2 processor.
> >
> >I wish there was a good mechanism to get our surplus PC's exported to
> >poorer countries where they are scarce.
> >
> >Just to keep it on topic... for several years my packet station and quite
> >a few other applications were all running on a 386. It would still be
> >more than adequate for those tasks but I'm running more stuff on my
> >gateway than I used to so now it's a dual Pentium 100.
> >
> >--
> > _______ Shawn T. Rutledge / KB7PWD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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