[CentOS] installing centos 7 32 bit i386 to laptop

[Johnny Hughes]

On 07/26/2016 02:58 PM, geo wrote:
> 
> hello Ned.
> 
> On 07/26/2016 02:04 PM, Ned Slider wrote:
>> On 26/07/16 19:04, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:
> <<>>
> 
>>> ]$ lspci|grep Realtek
>>> 0e:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. \
>>>         RTL8187SE Wireless LAN Controller (rev 22)
>>> 14:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. \
>>>         RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
>>>
>>> ]$ lspci|grep VGA
>>> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] \
>>>         RS780MC [Mobility Radeon HD 3100]
>>>
>>> centos 6:
>>> network and vga controllers ok.
>>> ethernet controller not recognized.
>>>
>>> 3 questions:
>>>
>>> anyone have problems installing 7 32 bit to a laptop?
>>>
>>> any suggestions for getting ethernet controller to work?
>>>
>>
>> I have no experience with the 32-bit builds (but device support should 
>> be otherwise identical), but that device should be supported by the in 
>> kernel r8169 driver. Grepping for the Vendor:Device ID pairing in 
>> modules.alias for your kernel will determine that for sure.
>>
> --->
> 
> Ned, thank you for reply.
> 
> iirc, at;
> 
>   SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386 - CentOS Wiki
>   https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386
> 
> it was stated that the 32 bit was built from 64 bit 7.1511 build.
> 
> at path /lib/modules/2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686, grepping 8169 shows
> files modules.alias, modules.alias.bin, modules.dep, modules.dep.bin,
> modules.networking, modules.order, and modules.pcimap, contain
> 'r8169'.
> 
> after i install 7 -32, i will do some more checking to see why
> ethernet is not working.
> 
> thanks again for your reply. greatly appreciated.
> 
> you have brought about first listing of notes for new install.
> 
> later.
> 
> 

If you can not get that NIC working with the default kernel, you could
try the experimental kernel per the bottom of:

https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AltArch/i386

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