plopkexec 0.2 only on i586+ CPU?

[vesalocal]

Hi, Elmar

Booting from plopkexec-0.2 unfortunately ended up with the message

"This kernel requires an i586 CPU, but only detected an i486 CPU.
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU."

Well, thats right :-)

Is this an issue of the 3.1.4 kernel?
Was this kernel compiled to run only on i586+ hardware?

I'd like to take a closer look at the source (it is GPL),
so please publish it   I'm interested in the kernel config!

[Elmar]

Booting from plopkexec-0.2 unfortunately ended up with the message

"This kernel requires an i586 CPU, but only detected an i486 CPU.
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU."

you downloaded the wrong version, it has been updated after you downloaded it a few days ago. download it again. it seems that you are one of a few persons that got the i586 kernel version

I'd like to take a closer look at the source (it is GPL),
so please publish it   

in a few days when i have time to update the page and so on.

I'm interested in the kernel config!

is attached, but nothing special

[vesalocal]

Hi, Elmar

Thanks for your helpful reply:

it seems that you are one of a few persons that got the i586 kernel version

Oh, that was bad luck...                                                       

You are right, now the kernel starts booting.
Until it comes to a reboot...  An endless loop, no messages.

But this is an old board without USB and I think I have to fiddle with the kernel and its drivers.
Can't be too hard to add PCMCIA support and load a little system from a PCMCIA memory card.

However, I'm waiting for the source ;-)

Thanks!

[Elmar]

You are right, now the kernel starts booting.
Until it comes to a reboot...  An endless loop, no messages.

remove the line "append quiet" in the syslinux.cfg/isolinux.cfg
maybe you can see how far the kernel comes before it reboots

how much ram has the pc?

[Elmar]

ping

[vesalocal]

Hi, Elmar

Sorry for the delay... 

remove the line "append quiet" in the syslinux.cfg/isolinux.cfg
maybe you can see how far the kernel comes before it reboots

The kernel shows "Loading plopkexec....ready", a newline with blinking cursor and reboots.

how much ram has the pc?

Since it is an old VLB board it has 20MB RAM.
One more reason to ask for the sources: the kernel has to be stripped down to only necessary drivers.
In my case there is no need for PCI nor USB.

[Elmar]

source code and instructions are now available at http://www.plop.at/en/plopkexec.html

[vesalocal]

source code and instructions are now available at ...

Thank you!  I'll try to  build a small kernel and see what I can do for my old board :-)

[vesalocal]

Long time no see :-)

In the meantime I built different kernels but without success: wasn't able to boot nor to run plopkexec
and load another kernel/system from pcmcia.
Booting my stripped down kernels already failed.  Must be the low memory available on my 80486 board,
just 32 MB.

Bad luck, I'd say.  So I don't see any chance to boot a linux system from a pcmcia flashcard.

[Elmar]

I built different kernels but without success: wasn't able to boot nor to run plopkexec

i  dont understand, how far goes the boot process?

[vesalocal]

Hi, Elmar

i  dont understand, how far goes the boot process?

Now I have a kernel realizing the ISA to PCMCIA adapter :-)
And now it failed at the well known

Failed to execute /init

That sounds far better now, its possible to fix this problem.


However, it doesn't really help: I wanted to boot Linux from PCMCIA flash memory.
If I first have to load a kernel to exec plopkexec, there is no more need to boot from PCMCIA ;-)

However, the PLoP boot manager saved my soul one more time - it's time to donate something for you
and your work. I'll contact you via PM.

Thanks!