Cyrix GXM CPU support

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Wed Jul 21 19:34:44 UTC 2004


Once upon a time, Andy Green <fedora at warmcat.com> said:
> On Wednesday 21 July 2004 17:19, Chris Adams wrote:
> > Should FC2 work on this CPU?  I tried the 586 kernel but got an instant
> > reboot.
> >
> > I'm building a 486 kernel to try now, but I was wondering if anyone else
> > had tried FC2 on this CPU.
> 
> If this chip doesn't have the PSE architectural feature, you cannot install 
> using the initial FC2 install ISO image.

I did the install on another system; this is a little single board
computer in a 4.5"x6.5" box.  I loaded the errata kernel and now it
boots and runs fine.  Thanks!

Now I'm off to try to get X working on the Cyrix 5530 video (so far I
don't any video signal out when X starts).
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.





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