From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DMARC_MISSING,FREEMAIL_FROM,FROM_LOCAL_DIGITS,FROM_LOCAL_HEX, FROM_STARTS_WITH_NUMS,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.81]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 14NFAI-0007US-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:20:19 -0700 Received: from fwd05.sul.t-online.com by mailout03.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14NFB3-0001Hi-06; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 15:21:05 +0100 Received: from helios.bagwan (320095285153-0001@[217.80.45.64]) by fwd05.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14NFAw-0oJOnwC; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 15:20:58 +0100 Received: (qmail 7955 invoked by uid 0); 29 Jan 2001 17:02:13 -0000 Received: from sadchitananda2.bagwan (HELO gottinger.de) (achim@192.168.2.1) by helios.bagwan with SMTP; 29 Jan 2001 17:02:13 -0000 Message-ID: <3A7575B4.1B646D9B@gottinger.de> From: 320095285153-0001@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] install bootstrap problem References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 320095285153-0001@t-dialin.net Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: achim@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Jan 29 07:21:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 14:52:52 +0100 X-Archives-Salt: bfd7dd16-eb9c-4fde-8b7b-fb34ea0482bd X-Archives-Hash: 911e943f0b442b7a844b2395d771b370 Dave Bresson wrote: > so i have a bit of a bootstrap problem. i'm trying to install rc3 off of > the cd, however i'm installing onto an older machine (a p90) that can't > boot directly from the cd. I made a floppy from the bootgrub image, > however, the machine locks up shortly into the install process. The exact > point is right after it has found the cd and displays a few messages (the > last of which is "changine root" i believe). Anyway, the machine just > sits at that point. I'd also like to note that this is a clean hard > drive, so an install from an already existing os is a no go, > unfortunately. I would like for the floppy/cd combo to work...has anyone > seen this kind of error, or could offer some tips? > rc3 was optimized for i686 systems, so it does not run on pentium/k6 systems. :-/ We changed that in rc4 (optimized for i486), so you need the lates rc4 (pre2) cd. bye achim > > thanks, > > dave > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://www.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev