Oh, I see.  Pentium Pros were the first i686 CPUs, so Pentium II are i686...

The kernel-source package in SL303 does include a 
config/kernel-2.4.21-i586.config. Presumably, one could build a i586 
kernel package using this.  I guess you might have to jump through some 
hoops to get the installer going though.

-Tom

Bly, MJ (Martin) wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [log in to unmask] 
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
>>Behalf Of Tom Rockwell
>>Sent: 10 March 2005 16:35
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: SL on 586 hardware
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have SL303 on a dual-pii (this is the main server for a 
>>desktop linux 
>>cluster, running NIS, Kerberos, Cupsd and running some SCSI 
>>drives for 
>>/home, etc.).  I haven't seen any problems running the i686 kernel  - 
>>should I expect any?  Was there a specific problem that led 
>>to the start 
>>of this email topic?
>>
>>/proc/cpuinfo on this machine reports Pentium II and uname -a reports 
>>i686...
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>
>Yes, a PII is an i686.  Old Pentium Classics and Pentium MMXs (aka P5s)
>are i586.
>So an i686 kernel will work on PII hardware as you've discovered.  
>
>Martin.
>
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>>Bly, MJ (Martin) wrote:
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>>>All,
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>>> 
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: [log in to unmask] 
>>>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
>>>>Behalf Of Connie Sieh
>>>>Sent: 10 March 2005 16:01
>>>>To: Miles O'Neal
>>>>Cc: Troy Dawson; 'Ryan Enge'; 
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>>>>
>>[log in to unmask]
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>>>>Subject: Re: SL on 586 hardware
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The installer should check hardware arch fairly close to the 
>>>>beginning 
>>>>and tell you that a 586 is not supported.
>>>>
>>>>See more below
>>>>
>>>>On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Miles O'Neal 
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>I know this is an old thread, but it hit me last night.
>>>>>
>>>>>Troy Dawson said...
>>>>>|S.L. does not support the i586 kernel, and currently has 
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>>>>no plans to.  This is
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>>>>>|because RHEL does not support it.  We just don't have the 
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>>>>manpower to deal
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>>>>>|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 
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>>>>could do would be to
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>>>>>|just run the old RedHat 9 kernel.  But then, that wouldn't 
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>>>>give you a uniform
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>>>>>|enviroment, so maybe that wouldn't be the best choice.
>>>>>
>>>>>Dumb question.  The installer takes you all the way through
>>>>>the config stuff, right up to package determination (or
>>>>>selection, I forget which).  To do all this, we are *already
>>>>>running a kernel that supports my hardware*.  What am I missing
>>>>>here?
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>>>The installer runs the 386 BOOT kernel I believe - supports 
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>>the lowest
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>>>common denominator which is why it works.
>>>
>>>Martin.
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>>>>>I understand that SL is essentially a rebuild of EL, and
>>>>>don't expect y'all to support a lot of unsupported stuff
>>>>>(though I won't mind if you do).  I'm just not getting why
>>>>>the kernel that seems to be available isn't available.
>>>>>Is the kernel used at install time not the same kernel
>>>>>that gets installed?
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>>>>It is derived from the same source but is NOT the same kernel.
>>>>-connie sieh
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>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Miles
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