Subject: Older hardware and newer 2.4 kernels
From: Bill Marcum
Date: 10/16/2007 1:06:48 AM
On 2007-10-15, gregg dot drwho8 atsign gmail dot com <gregg.drwho8@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello!
> I have here a Dell Latitude Laptop, the model XP475.
>
> He can successfully run an installation of the 2.2.16 and 2.2.18
> kernels for Slackware 7.1 and the unreleased 7.2 versions.
>
> Does the group have any suggestions for producing a generic kernel for
> the I486DX that is from the 2.4 series that will boot properly on this
> hardware? Obviously I could build it using the hardware emulators
> currently available, such as Bochs or even QEMU but I would prefer
> other solutions before I cross over to those ideas.
What have you tried and how has it failed?
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