On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 08:26:50PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 08:05:58PM -0500, fredex wrote: > > > I have an ancient machine that ran FC1 just fine. > > > However, now when I boot from the installation CD (1), and enter > > > linux text > > > the system reboots itself. > > > > > > I can't get out of this loop. > > > > > > Should I discard the computer, or is there some magic boot parameter that > > > might work? > > > Or some alternate solution, since floppys are too small. > > > > I have a vague recollection that late-model Fedoras require a P-II > > or later. If that's true, then you're out of luck, as the K6-2 is > > a Pentium clone, not a P2 or P3 clone. > > Not true. > We still have a 586 kernel, which is used for AMD K5/K6, Old Cyrix, > Early VIA, and original (Pre-MMX) Pentium. Thanks for the correction! > > Trying to run openoffice on one of these is going to bring you > a world of hurt, but it should at least install and be usable > for low-end workloads. > > Rawhide installation may be a very painful right now too, as the dependancy > resolving part of package installation is very CPU intensive[*], and eats > gobs of RAM. Lots of 586 era machines typically didn't have a great deal of > RAM, so they may need some extra hoop-jumping like enabling swap early > from the 2nd tty during install. > > I missed the original posting in this thread, but I'm curious which > release the original poster was trying to install. It *could* be > that he was hitting a known bug like the FC4 bug that required you > to boot with garbage on the boot command line (as soon as the CD > boots, type 'fhwghgads' or the like, wait for it to say "unknown image" > or the like, and then type 'linux text'. > > Dave > > [*] I recently resurrected a 4-way 200MHz Pentium Pro. It took about 10 > minutes to resolve dependancies. I dread to think what it'll be like > on a Pentium 90, or worse, an AMD K5. Jeremy knows about this, and has > had "SPEED" scribbled on his whiteboard for a while. It should be fixed > for FC5 final. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------
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