Re: 2.4.X /32bit

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Hi Hans,

I have ss-lx running 2.4.18, SuSE-7.3 
I couldn't boot up default 2.4 kernel so I downloaded 2.4.18,
compiled it on ss-lx (gcc-2.95.3-63) and it works good. That machine
is up for one week and I did't notice any problem yet. 

Petr 



> Hi all,
>
> Here, at work, I got a SS20 on my desktop running 2.4.17 nicely,
and is > currently doing SMP for 11 days without a hitch.
> So I got the impresion that most of the 32-bits trouble were over.
>
> Therefor I decided to upgrade my machines at home (SS4, LX)
> Installation of 7.3 with just some minor problems (did not
recognized cd 2 > and cd3, but manual rpm solved that)
> Building of 2.4.17 kernel took long, but finished without any
error. BUT, >
> After silo addaption and reboot it completely fails to boot the 2.4
kernel. > After the silo prompt, it starts for a moment, but performs
immediately a > auto-reboot.
> So nothing is written is any log, can't hit the magic-key and can't
perform > a traceback/register-dump from the openboot-prompt.
>
> I noticed that there are some minor hardware differences within the
SUN4m > family (microsparc / hypersparc)
> but never thought it had any impect on the kernel.
>
> So finally my Question:
> ==>  is there anybody with a running 2.4.x kernel on a ss4,ss5 or
ss-lx ? > <==
>
> Hans


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