CentOS - Nov 2004 - Low end systems

Hi All
     I been using whitebox 3 for a bit and am take a look at cent 3.3
and 3.1 so far like it,  but i seeing with older system 200 to 800 not
Intel system (amd k6/2) ( not all of them ) cent comes back in install
and till me that its not made for system like this ... whitebox 3 works
OK so I'm not sure why and if a can get around this ....

 

See BUG.  "That's not a bug, it's a feature!"  
A bug can be changed to a feature by documenting it.


Michael Falzon (RHCT) 
Mozy's Swamp BBs & Red Dwarf BBs
http://mozysswamp.org
Registered LFS User   #406
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Michael Falzon wrote:
> Hi All
>      I been using whitebox 3 for a bit and am take a look at cent 3.3 
> and 3.1 so far like it,  but i seeing with older system 200 to 800 not 
> Intel system (amd k6/2) ( not all of them ) cent comes back in install 
The minimum processor supported by RHEL 3 is Pentium Pro.  However, 
Redhat did provide a spec file to build a Pentium kernel.
> and till me that its not made for system like this 
CentOS does not Provide a Pentium Kernel.
> ... whitebox 3 works 
I believe (and looking at a mirror) that John Morris built and shipped 
the Pentium kernel with WBEL.
> OK so I'm not sure why and if a can get around this ....
You might be able to install with WBEL and then "upgrade" to CentOS. 
If
you need/wanted to upgrade the kernel, you'd have to build one (pentium 
class machines) for CentOS yourself.  I'm sure someone would be willing 
to help you in #centos on IRC.

I'm presently working on a WBEL to CentOS migration guide.  I hope to 
test it in the next 24 hours with an individual who has several 
trashable WBEL boxes at his disposal.

Please email me privately if you don't see something in the FAQ on 
http://webdev.centos.org in the next day or two.

.dn

Michael,

CentOS works fine on Pentium 2's.  Many in the world
are junking Pentium 2's nowadays, so you can upgrade
for very little.   Also, in my experience, they tend
to be reliable. 

Rick

Daniel,
> CentOS 3.3 on a Pentium II with 300 Mhz, a Pentium I
> with 166 Mhz, one K6 system with 200 Mhz, all
working 
> fine, working as little build farm and test suite
for 
> development. All systems have at 64MB RAM installed.

I had yum problems on Pentium I's with 72 megs of
memory -- yum would crash a lot.  (This was running
cAos 1, not CentOS.)  

I am surprised that 64 megs is working well for you.  

Rick