> > > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/Siliconvalley/Park/6562/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
