I have had a freind (A Linux expert) talking about problems with IBM MCA and
older Linux kernels (like STN), and I really tend to believe that, since the
machine just refuses to run STN no matter what is done to it.
Is there any way that I can update the STN kernel ??
Farouche
----- Original Message -----
From: "C Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ShareTheNet] 486 won't start STN
> I have a 386, DEFINITELY no math coprocessor, and it works fine.
>
> Most of the time when I have had these kinds of bootup problems, it has
been
> either a bad disk, or a disk that I failed to reformat before building a
new
> STN image, or some entry in the setup that was bad (like leaving the 0x
off
> the I/O address or something).
>
> > Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 11:42:38 -0600
> > From: "Don Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [ShareTheNet] 486 won't start STN
> >
> >
> > I maybe wrong but, stn complied to run on systems with mathco
> procesor.....
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Farouche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 9:36 AM
> > Subject: [ShareTheNet] 486 won't start STN
> >
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > >
> > > I have been running Share The Net on a K6-2 machine
> > > for a while now, but now
> > > have got my hands on an 486 that I would like to use
> > > for STN so The K6
> > > machine is free to use as webserver/SQL server.
> > >
> > > My problem is that the 486 won't start STN.
> > >
> > > It reaches the line saying "Loading initrd.qz..." when
> > > if freeze up with the
> > > disk light still on.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The machine config is as follows :
> > >
> > > IBM PS1 486 SX 33
> > >
> > > 16 M Ram
> > >
> > > Onboard CL-GD5426 1024 Video Controller
> > >
> > > 1 Planet NE2000 Comp ISA netcard
> > >
> > > 1 D-Link D220 ISA netcard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The same error happens if I try to boot STN from HD
> > >
> > > But I am able to boot dos and e.g. run Partition Magic
> > > (Dos) without any
> > > problems
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any idea about what is wrong here
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> > > Farouche
> > >
>
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