From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KfeQp-0008ML-8W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:33:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F9EDE0483; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:33:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD69CE0483 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:33:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD365B47F1 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:33:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.798 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.798 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=3.801, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-4] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wR6TbejGTQh0 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:33:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mxs1.siemens.at (mxs1.siemens.at [194.138.12.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E73CB49DF for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:33:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vies1kbx.sie.siemens.at ([158.226.129.82]) by mxs1.siemens.at with ESMTP id m8GHXTpe032179 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:33:29 +0200 Received: from nets138a.ww300.siemens.net ([192.168.217.3]) by vies1kbx.sie.siemens.at (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.1) with ESMTP id m8GHXSoP003458 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:33:29 +0200 Received: from atnets15pa.ww300.siemens.net ([158.226.250.54]) by nets138a.ww300.siemens.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:33:28 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [gentoo-user] Problems with installdiscs 2007.0 and 2008.0 when installing on a K6 computer Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:33:28 +0200 Message-ID: <634E5748C35AC1409E0A42352E9960EA014A62D3@atnets15pa.ww300.siemens.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Problems with installdiscs 2007.0 and 2008.0 when installing on a K6 computer Thread-Index: AckYIlRfjY6kBz4USEmW24jKsMtY5w== From: "Liebich, Wolfgang" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Sep 2008 17:33:28.0105 (UTC) FILETIME=[546B6990:01C91822] X-purgate: clean X-purgate: This mail is considered clean X-purgate-type: clean X-purgate-Ad: Checked for Spam by eleven - eXpurgate www.eXpurgate.net X-purgate-ID: 149917::080916193329-0B7E3BA0-3774B080/0-0/0-15 X-purgate-size: 888/0 X-Archives-Salt: f9bab31c-c608-487f-8022-c72b904a50eb X-Archives-Hash: 0c6573e5d3b759046c8390154a79aed7 Hi, My computer at home is seriously old already. It has a K6 CPU, an = motherboard with VIA chips (chipset (?) VT82C598), and about 10G total = hard disk space (spread over 2 hd's - can possibly add a 3rd hd, too). I've been using debian until now, BUT I'm less and less satisfied with = that b/c of all that extra baggage I've to use here. Maybe with a = trimmed down gentoo installation I can give the old machine a new lease on life. My main problem here is: - I can't use the minimal install CDs. If I try to boot from them (using = gentoo-nofb just in case, also acpi=3Doff and nodma), the machine = promptly reboots after loading the kernel. I have=20 sneaking suspicion that this is because the kernel is built for i686 and = above. Is this true?=20 If yes, ... well, is there anywhere still a mirror holding an older = install CD? Puzzled in Vienna, Wolfgang