Re: setup of OpenSSI 1.9.6 with Debian Sarge with a very old hardware

Scott Walters escreveu:
> I don't understand the logic behind trying to recompile kernels.  In
> the old days of probing ISA cards, the wrong set of actual hardware
> and drivers built-in to the kernel could cause crashes on boot, but
> that sort of thing is very rare these days.
> 
> Boot the OpenSSI kernel and if the machine freezes during boot, post
> the last several console lines.

This is the original post where I commented about the issue with this 
machine: http://marc.info/?l=ssic-linux-users&m=128409498003227&w=2

I decided it's was a better idea to create a new thread for it, but I 
forgot to mention that I could not get any error from the boot: the 
machine starts booting OpenSSI kernel, the screen gets black and the 
machine is rebooted. The machine get into a infinite looping because of 
that, always rebooting.

My guess is because the kernel of OpenSSI is for 686 systems, so that's 
why I'm trying to compile the kernel to match it's processor. I can boot 
  with the original kernel from Debian, which was compiled for 386 
processors.

Anyway, it's only a guess because I really don't think about any other 
test that could be done in such situation. I would appreciate any help 
with that.

Thanks in advance,
Alceu




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