On Wednesday 30 October 2002 09:23 am, you is done writ:
> I have a 486 embedded target, and a Celeron-based development host.
> Installation on the 486 target is complicated by the fact that the target
> bios doesn't recognize, let alone boot from, a CD.
> Installation on a Celeron development host is complicated by the fact
> that 686-class libraries are installed, not 486.
>The kernel (built for a 486) boots and runs until it frees memory, that's
> the last thing it says.
> Normally, Init is next. I never hear from Init. I never see a point in the
> RH installation path where I can state what the real target architecture is.
Hmmm...when you configured the kernel before building, did you specify the
target archetecture? That, of course, will affect the optimization - and if
there are *any* Pentium-class optimizations, including any that are included
or statically linked in, you'll be toast on a [34]86.
To deal with the above, I'd make sure that *ALL* linkages point to either
source (if you're compiling your own libraries), or 386 binaries.
You'll also need to make sure that you've got FP emulation checked, and that
it does *not* have a FPP, since, AFAIK, celery chips <g> all have the FPP
brain-deaded.
Note that I didn't even *ask*, but rather assumed that you were building the
kernel, etc, for the target system.
Wish to tell boot/anaconda installer:
boot: linux march=486 noprobe
How do I go about granting myself this wish? What's the secret? (I've RTFM
so far as I can find it).
AFAIK, that's a compile-time command, not a run-time one.
mark "would be glad to the configuration and build , for a modest fee"
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