[CentOS] Old hardware, newer kernels

Fri Sep 20 03:03:13 UTC 2013
Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley at pcraft.com>

Like I said, this is an old machine.  But, this is what cpuinfo tells me:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 733.131
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov
pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips        : 1466.26
clflush size    : 32
cache_alignment : 32
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 733.131
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov
pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips        : 1465.94
clflush size    : 32
cache_alignment : 32
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:



On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Fred Smith
<fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 03:15:06PM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> > I have an old server (old hardware) that's been running 6.4 with kernel
> > 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.i686, no problem.  Except, any kernel update after
> that
> > causes it not to boot anymore.  All I get is a blinking cursor on the
> > screen, nothing else.
>
> Do these processors support PAE? All EL kernels now require PAE.
>
> >
> > Is this the end of this hardware, no more kernel updates after this?
> >
> > For reference, these are all the options that kernel is booting up with
> > (lines wrapped on purpose):
> >
> > title CentOS (2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.i686)
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.i686 ro \
> >            root=UUID=3f79e6b6-7845-499f-b708-aef782602673 rd_NO_LUKS
> > rd_NO_LVM \
> >            rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 \
> >            KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us noapic apm=off ide=nodma acpi=off
> \
> >            crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet selinux=0
> >         initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.i686.img
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