I tried install 4.4 on an old Via 800mhz box. i386 of course. The installer dies pretty quick. I thought the via was i386 compatible? Is there something special to do. Jerry
Jerry Geis wrote:> I tried install 4.4 on an old Via 800mhz box. i386 of course. > The installer dies pretty quick. > I thought the via was i386 compatible? > Is there something special to do.I think those VIA boxes are one of the reasons, that there is an i586 kernel in CentOS. Choose that at install time ... Regards, Ralph -- Ralph Angenendt......ra at br-online.de | .."Text processing has made it possible Bayerischer Rundfunk...80300 M?nchen | ....to right-justify any idea, even one Programmbereich.Bayern 3, Jugend und | .which cannot be justified on any other Multimedia.........Tl:089.5900.16023 | ..........grounds." -- J. Finnegan, USC -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060928/9d573ee2/attachment-0001.sig>
On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 13:47 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote:> I tried install 4.4 on an old Via 800mhz box. i386 of course. > The installer dies pretty quick. > I thought the via was i386 compatible? > Is there something special to do. > > Jerrycould have a memory problem huh?
Yes, i have same problem with VIA cpu and centos 4.3 , using i586 kernel installation no problem . I use via cpu + 512 mb memory and centos 4.3, turn off apmd just for squid and internet sharing without problem ( if apmd turn on , sometimes it lock up) I use via cpu + 1 GB mem and cent os 4.3 , it is not stable for mail server qmail , spamassasin , bayes , clamd . i don't know the lock up reason every several hour / day . maybe failure mainboard .. i change to Intel 805D and activate SMP , and no lock up until now. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Geis" <geisj at pagestation.com> To: "CentOS ML" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:47 AM Subject: [CentOS] install on via 800mhz box 4.4>I tried install 4.4 on an old Via 800mhz box. i386 of course. > The installer dies pretty quick. > I thought the via was i386 compatible? > Is there something special to do. > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Yes, i have same problem with VIA cpu and centos 4.3 , using i586 kernel installation no problem . I use via cpu + 512 mb memory and centos 4.3, turn off apmd just for squid and internet sharing without problem ( if apmd turn on , sometimes it lock up) I use via cpu + 1 GB mem and cent os 4.3 , it is not stable for mail server qmail , spamassasin , bayes , clamd . i don't know the lock up reason every several hour / day . maybe failure mainboard .. i change to Intel 805D and activate SMP , and no lock up until now. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Geis" <geisj at pagestation.com> To: "CentOS ML" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 1:47 AM Subject: [CentOS] install on via 800mhz box 4.4>I tried install 4.4 on an old Via 800mhz box. i386 of course. > The installer dies pretty quick. > I thought the via was i386 compatible? > Is there something special to do. > > Jerry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
On Thu, 2006-28-09 at 17:48 +0000, Jerry Geis wrote:> I tried install 4.4 on an old Via 800mhz box. i386 of course. > The installer dies pretty quick. > I thought the via was i386 compatible? > Is there something special to do. > > JerryInstall with the i586 kernel. gcc presumes that all i686 class processors do cmov. The Via C3 is a i686 class processor, it doesn't implement the "optional" cmov instruction. Jeff
Message: 31 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:33:12 -0500 From: "Jeff Stacey" <Jeff.Stacey at jri.ca> Subject: Re: [CentOS] install on via 800mhz box 4.4 To: <centos at centos.org> Message-ID: <451CDA480200000300238EBB at wpggw.jri.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 2006-28-09 at 17:48 +0000, Jerry Geis wrote:> I tried install 4.4 on an old Via 800mhz box. i386 of course. > The installer dies pretty quick. > I thought the via was i386 compatible? > Is there something special to do. > > Jerry >Install with the i586 kernel. gcc presumes that all i686 class >processors do cmov. The Via C3 is a i686 class processor, it doesn't >implement the "optional" cmov instruction. >JeffI've (and the board manufacturer) tried this with RHEL3 on a 800MHz Via C3 but it doesn't work apparently because the minimum EL will support is the Nehemiah core, which the 800MHz doesn't have, but the 1GHz does (and works fine on).