Re: [OT] Purchasing a wired switch; advice needed

[Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>]

On 21/04/11 02:56, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Dom put forth on 4/20/2011 1:25 PM:
>
> > I run Smoothwall on an old Athlon (K6) system that I was given. I
>
> The K7 is the original Athlon.  The K6 series chips had no marketing
> name other than "K6", i.e. K6, K6-2, K6-2+, K6-3, K6-3+, etc.
>
> > The only issue I have is that the latest upgrade to Smoothwall Express
> > (the free version) no longer supports this CPU. When I tried to update
> > it I had to reinstall from the original CD, restore my settings and
> > apply all updates apart from the latest one.
>
> TTBOMK Smoothwall Express uses generic i386 kernel and user space
> binaries when should run fine on any CPU all the back to the Pentium
> Pro, at minimum, and possibly all the way back to the 80386.  That's
> what the documentation states.  An update should not have failed due to
> your system having a K6 chip.  Any i386 and high 32 bit CPU is
> supported.  Is it possible you selected the 64bit binary for the
> upgrade, and that's what hosed your system?

I use the web interface to find and install the recommended updates.
The one that caused the problem is update8-i386.

The description is "This update greatly improves SmoothWall's driver 
support by updating the Linux kernel to 2.6.32, as well improving system 
secuirty through various version bumps."

The error I get upon boot is that the processor does not support CMOV, 
which is true of the K6 range.

--
Dom