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In response to Dave Bresson |
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>> so i have a bit of a bootstrap problem. ... |
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Achim Gottinger wrote: |
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> rc3 was optimized for i686 systems, so it does not run on pentium/k6 |
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systems. :-/ We changed that in rc4 (optimized for i486), so you need the |
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lates rc4 (pre2) cd. |
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A couple of points: |
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1. the rc3 disk does the same hang described by Dave on my Compaq ProSignia |
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500 with PPro which is a P6 class processor |
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2. when I try to bootstrap the rc4_pre2 CD on the ProSignia 500, I can't |
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because the kernel image in "bootgrub.img" does not support the NCR SCSI |
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adapter chip in the ProSignia 500 (booting from the image packaged with rc3 |
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does find the CD, it just hangs at "changing root ..." |
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3. when I boot from the rc4_pre2 CD on a P5 (Compaq Deskpro), I get a |
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message that it appears not to be the distribution disk. |
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Any help getting Gentoo going on this machine would be much appreciated. |
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Murthy |
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