I don't have a K7 but I read an article at
www.cpureview.com/rev_k7-linux1_a.html.
It appears that the Pentium optimization specifically the MTRR prevent
it from loading.
I guess until an Athlon specific compilers come out, the only way to use
an Athlon is with a kernel compiled for use on a 386.
Richard
Paul-Henri 's Heeren wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 on this system:
> AMD K7-600
> 128 MB RAM
> disk1: WD AC29100D (Western Digital, 8.5 Gb) as master on IDE1
> * disk2: ST 36531A (Seagate, 6 Gb) as master on IDE2
> * Diamond Viper V770 AGP (32 Mb)
> Sony DC_RW CRX-120 as slave on IDE2
> soundblaster 128 PCI
> * modem Rockwell HCF 56K PCI
> The components marked with (*) were in my previous PC (DELL PII-400)
> on which I could install Mandrake 6 without problems.
>
> Disk1 contians a primary NTFS partition (which contains WinNT4) and an
> extended partition which is divided into two NTFS logical drives.
> Disk2 contains a primary FAT partition that contains Win98, and extented
> partitions for win98 data (fat) and Linux
>
> The installation runs without problems. After the reboot, however I get a
> system crash (every time). The last lines before the crash occurs are:
> checking POSIX conplyance
> mttr
>
> These are the things that I have tried:
> - replace the CR-RW with the CD_ROM from the DELL PC
> - remove the HDD on IDE 1
> - empty the HDD on IDE 2 (no win98). So the problem has nothing to do with
> the presence of Win98 on disk2. It occurs also if Linux has the disk all to
> itself.
>
> Anyone out there have any idea what goes wrong?
>
> Thank you
>
> Paul-Henri 's Heeren
>
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