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

[C David Rigby]

Michael,
        Thanks.  Dan & I have been working on this a bit in the last few days
off-list.  I leave tomorrow for a two-week vacation far from 'Net
connectivity, but I have acquired some webspace where I will post the
results of what we have come up with so far before I take off.

CDR

On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 13:22, Michael Fratoni wrote:
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> On Monday 01 September 2003 02:24 am, C David Rigby wrote:
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> > 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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