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If you want to stay with the RHEL rebuilds I think that CENTOS includes
the i386/i586 kernels in their rebuild.
http://www.centos.org
-Connie
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Randy Merritt
wrote:
> Connie,
>
> > Since you were talking about the 4 cd set in the
> > past I assume that
> > is what you are trying to boot. If so there is no
>
> Yes, this is the CD set from the 1st note.
>
> > What cpu does this system have?
>
> Pentium MMX, 200MHz
>
>
> Troy,
>
> > I hate to tell people that their computers are too
> old ... but sometimes that is the case. Where to go?
> > Fedora still works on the original Pentiums.
>
> I was originally looking at Fedora. Would Fedora Core
> 4 also suffer from this?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> r.m.
>
> --- Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Randy,
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Randy Merritt wrote:
> >
> > > An update to my "SL 40 won't CD-boot" problem.
> > I'm
> > > using a spare Dell Optiplex Gn system purely as a
> > test
> > > host to try to validate the SL 40 CD's. My
> > initial
> > > attempts had the BIOS trying to boot from the CD
> > but
> > > after a short burst of CD accesses the BIOS
> > reverted
> > > to booting the hard drive - hence my initial
> > question
> > > regarding whether disk1 of the
> > > SL.40.042505.i386.discn.iso distributions was
> > indeed
> > > bootable.
> > >
> > > My problem was resolved by a BIOS upgrade. This
> > > Optiplex was using Phoenix BIOS ver 1.10 A10. An
> > > upgrade to A12 now has disk1 booting the initial
> > > install screen. My thanks to everyone for their
> > > suggestions.
> > >
> > > That's the good news. The bad news is now the
> > install
> > > process is in an unbreakable loop. The initial SL
> > > install screen appears. Selecting any of the
> > listed
> > > install methods yields exactly the same result:
> > >
> > > Loading vmlinuz.....<a bunch of dots>...
> > > Loading initrd.img...<a bunch of dots>...
> > > Followed by a hard reboot
> > >
> > > The reboot of course brings me back to where I
> > > started.
> > >
> > > I've tried both graphical and text mode starts
> > with
> > > and without 'noprobe'. The Fn keys work. Note
> > that
> > > 'linux mediacheck' and 'linux askmethod' also
> > yield
> > > same result. 'memtest86' fails with a different
> >
> > Since you were talking about the 4 cd set in the
> > past I assume that
> > is what you are trying to boot. If so there is no
> > memtest86 on
> > that media.
> >
> > > message - "Could not find kernel image:
> > memtest86". A
> > > 'linux memtest86' yields the hard reboot result.
> > >
> > > This Optiplex has 96MB of main memory and a 2GB
> > hard
> >
> > What cpu does this system have?
> >
> > > disk. Keyboard and mouse attached. One internal
> > > CDROM and 1.44 floppy drive. The BIOS is set
> > > correctly in terms of memory and harddisk sizing
> > and
> > > 'boot first from CDROM'. Does the install start
> > > process (silently) fail if it detects insufficient
> > > storage resources? I can certainly upgrade this
> > host
> > > but am a bit relunctant to do so if I can't get
> > the OS
> > > to accept it. (I was hoping 'mediacheck' could
> > tell
> > > me the CD set is OK, at least enough to be
> > confident
> > > in spending for more memmory/harddisk)
> > >
> > > There are no error messages that I can see. Does
> > this
> > > sound like a bad CD image or a machine problem?
> > (the
> > > 2GB harddisk has a Windows 2000 install on it that
> > > boots fine).
> > >
> > > Has anyone else run across this loop pattern?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > r.m.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > -Connie Sieh
> >
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