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Bug#523137: marked as done (installer oops on K6)

Your message dated Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:48:53 +0200
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has caused the Debian Bug report #523137,
regarding installer oops on K6
to be marked as done.

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The EULA sounds like it was written by a team of lawyers who want to tell me what I can't do. The GPL sounds like it was written by a human being, who wants me to know what I can do.
--- Begin Message --- Despite the Debian claim below, (from the second paragraph at: http://debian.org/News/2009/20090214 ) 

Specifically (bold added by me):
"Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of twelve architectures are supported: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), *Intel IA-32 (i386)*, IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm, armel), IBM S/390 (s390), and AMD64 and Intel EM64T (amd64)."
The Debian Lenny Net Install CD and the Lenny LiveCD will not run on a PC containing an AMD-K6 CPU. I can only guess there are millions out there, and why nobody has posted this problem anywhere is a mystery.
The AMD K6 is a i586-class CPU, two architecture steps newer than the i386 specified above.
The Lenny Net Install comes to a halt right after the keyboard selection process, and after it has checked USB, etc. Then in about two minutes, both the Caps Lock and Scroll Lock start flashing at ~120 FPM. The PC then requires a hard reset.
The Lenny LiveCD gives this clue in an error message when it stops functioning: 

   This kernel requires the following features not present in the CPU:
   cmov
   Unable to boot - Please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
According to http://www.google.com/search?q=cmov specifically http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/peripherals-hardware/126227-what-cmov.html the cmov is an instruction introduced into the i686 class CPU.
There seems to be several problems listed on this Google page involving the choice to use cmov, but none of the information pertains to actually booting a Debian Lenny installation or LiveCD.
Both of these Lenny CDs do work as they should on Pentium Pro and newer PCs, but what is someone to do who has over 20 older PCs with AMD-K6 and older, Cyrex, and Pentium "One" CPUs?
I do not have the time nor resources to compile a special kernel, which, by the way, could be lost when replaced at a later update/upgrade. Nor can I create an installation CD for my 20 i586 class computers, which need to be upgraded from Sarge, to a later GNU/Linux that is presently supported.
Is there an alternate Debian Lenny image that has a kernel compiled for i586 or older, and will it be supported in the future?
As a side note, Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron LTS Server Edition works fine. It has a five-year support schedule which probably surpasses Debian's support, and it does not load a bunch of GUI programs. Maybe I would be better off using Hardy instead of Lenny?
Finally, please reply directly back to me via e-mail or provide a link where I can find any forum reply. I have an enormous amount of trouble trying to find anything on a Debian Website, and may miss any reply without a link. 

Thanks in advance.


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reassign 545987 partman-newworld
reassign 524342 grub-pc
reassign 560348 xen-utils-common
reassign 596667 netcfg
thanks

Hi,

thank you for submitting installation reports, much appreciated.

I read through all the bugs mentioned here (and I'm sure they were read by 
several people at the time they were submitted) and am closing them now as/if
- they (finally) indicated success and/or
- I know from first hand experience that the functionality is working in 
Wheezy and/or
- they only contained very little information and/or
- they contained user errors and/or
- they have been from a development phase where things were not stable and/or
- they are (very) old, between 2.5 and >4 years (so thats 2 releases ago).

If I've closed a bug incorrectly please do reply (it's easy to reopen and I'll 
do if requested) or just file a new one - thats often better, as the bug log 
will be clearer and shorter and not contain cruft.


cheers,
        Holger

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