[CentOS] Re: centos on ebox

[Jerry Geis]

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> Jerry Geis wrote:
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> />>/ On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:46:53AM -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:
> />>/ >/ />/ I am trying to install centos i386 on a ebox 2300 unit.
> />>/ /http://www.embeddedpc.net/eBox2300/tabid/110/Default.aspx ?
> />>/
> />>/ you won't make it with only 128 MB of RAM...
> />>/ is the cpu i686 compatible?
> />/ 
> /
> >/ yes this is the box I am trying to install on...
> />/ 
> />/ I dont know if its i686, either way I thought i386 should work. I am I 
> />/ wrong?
> /
> None of the RHEL branches support any processors that are < i686 for the 
> i386 arch.
>
> CentOS supports i586 in centOS-3 and CentOS-4 (things not in RHEL) .. 
> and only i686 in CentOS-2 and CentOS-5 (just like RHEL).
>
> So, NO ... and i586 processor will not run CentOS-5.
> >/ 
> />/ Is it the 128M memory issue? I thought I used to install with that much 
> />/ - especially in text mode.
> />/ 
> />/ Any suggestions.
> /
> doing some research ... this is a pentium mmx compatible chip, which is 
> i586 ... you can use CentOS-4 on there.
>   
I just tried my old centos 4.4 i386 disk 1
did "linux text mem=128M" and the same thing.
after vmlinuz.., and initrd... it just resets.

Am I not boot with the correct options to get the 386 kernel and its 
trying to use the 686 kernel?

Thanks,

Jerry