Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Feb 1999 02:53:52 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: compiling 2.2+ for pentium won't run on 486... |
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Marty Leisner wrote:
>I just built 2.2.* (for pentium) and tried it >on a 486 machine (I don't recall processor >being so critical). > >When it comes up it says: > Kernel panic: Kernel compiled for Pentium+, requires TSC > >and it crashes... > >Shouldn't it go into a limp mode with insufficient hardware?
No. Read the documentation. Kernels *ONLY* work on the processor that they were compiled *FOR* or a higher processor. You cannot run a Pentium kernel of any kind on a lesser processor anymore.
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