Thomas E. Haynes wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [log in to unmask]
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>Behalf Of Ryan Enge
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 7:31 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: SL on 586 hardware
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am trying to convert all my Linux boxes to a single
>>distribution, currently my network consists of a mix of
>>RedHat 7-9, RHEL 3, Sl 3 and Fedora Core 2 boxes. I recently
>>tried to install SL 3.0.2 on a AMD K62 500MHz (i586 arch) and
>>an error message poped up that this hardware was not
>>suppoerted under SL (or RHEL for that matter). The system is
>>currently running RH 9. What is the reason for not supporting
>>the older 586 hardware and has anyone managed to get around
>>this with a custom kernel?
>
>
> Use Whitebox EL instead. They have the i586 kernels, etc.
>
> I went through this myself.
>
> Regards...   Tom

S.L. does not support the i586 kernel, and currently has no plans to.  This is
because RHEL does not support it.  We just don't have the manpower to deal
with any issues that might arise with a new kernel.
If Whitebox does it, then they could be a good choice.
If you want to stick with Scientific Linux, one thing you could do would be to
just run the old RedHat 9 kernel.  But then, that wouldn't give you a uniform
enviroment, so maybe that wouldn't be the best choice.
Troy
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