8 Dec
2009
8 Dec
'09
8:02 p.m.
Hi all,
Is it possible to take the 686 CentOS 5, install that in virtual machine, install a custom kernel that is the 486 flavor, take that image and put it on a 8G CF card - insert that into a small form factor 486 class machine and have that work?
I am hoping the extra instructions in a 686 (MMX, SEE etc) are not used by any libraries that I would be using (just standard stuff) and the new 486 compiled kernel would not be using those instructions either.
Can this possible work? I am hoping to not use debian i386 basically.
Thanks,
Jerry