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Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:19:02 -0500
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I believe whitebox does also (www.whiteboxlinux.org).

Connie Sieh wrote:

>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:
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>>Connie,
>>
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>>>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
>>>      
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>>Yes, this is the CD set from the 1st note.
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>>>What cpu does this system have?
>>>      
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>>Pentium MMX, 200MHz
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>>Troy,
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>>>I hate to tell people that their computers are too
>>>      
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>>old ... but sometimes that is the case.  Where to go? 
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>>>Fedora still works on the original Pentiums.
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>>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:
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>>>Randy,
>>>
>>>On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Randy Merritt wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>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
>>>      
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>>>>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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>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>        
>>>>
>>>-Connie Sieh
>>>
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>>>
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