Re: [RULE] Kernel loading problems (CD-install)

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Monday 01 September 2003 02:24 am, C David Rigby wrote:

> I just double-checked.  The third CD of my RedHat 8 set includes the
> kernel package kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-14.i386.rpm.  This will boot my 486
> notebook, though it has somethings I don't need (e.g. USB) and lacks
> others that I do need (NFS support).

True, I had forgotten about that. It's also available on disk 1 of the Red 
Hat 9 CDs. However, while the kernel-BOOT package is handy for this 
purpose, it is not really intended to be the installed kernel package on 
a system. It's actually the kernel used by the anaconda installer. If the 
user can get the kernel-BOOT package installed and the system will 
reboot, then it will of course be possible to upgrade to a more 
functional kernel. Another thing worth note, the kernel-BOOT package is 
compiled _without_  CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION, which means it won't boot on 
anything less than a 486 DX.

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