Re: i386 kernel binaries

Antonio Vargas (wind@cocodriloo.com)
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:30:56 +0200


On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 09:34:44PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Daniel Sheltraw wrote:
>
> > Can one build a Linux Kernel that can be expected to run on all
> > i386 machines. If so how? Can you point me in the right direction?
>
> Look at the -BOOT kernels from the various distributions.
>
> The kernel on the installer media should run on all x86
> machines.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rik
> --
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Try setting processor type to i386 and enabling FPU emulation. This
should cover even 386sx machines.

Greets, Antonio.
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