Re: Installing on an AMD K6-2-350

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.
>
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