Re: Kernel assumes 486
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>
> Hello,
> I recently installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.1.13 to a Compaq 386.
> The base kernel (2.0.6) runs fine, but if I let dselect attempt
> to install any other kernel, the system hangs on boot with a
> message like:
>
> a 486 is assumed. Giving up.
>
Sounds like a buggy 386. When the kernel starts, it trys to find out what
type of cpu it is running on. It starts by assuming a 386, then tests for
486. If that passes, then it tests for a 586, etc. Your 386, at startup,
looks like a 486 to the kernel, and so later when it treats it as one it
has errors.
Adam Heath
doogie@shianet.org
http://www.geocities.com/Siliconvalley/Park/6562/
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