Problem with Livecd and i586

[Bill Davidsen]

Mike Martin wrote:
> hi
> 
> I have created a specialised spin of fedora 11, both gnome and XFCE,
> which work fine on my desktop (a P4). However when I try to boot on an
> old laptop, a K6/2 500 mhz, it fails at boot with
> 
> IO APIC resources could not be allocated
> Kernel Panic - not syncinging: attempted to kill init
> 
> I have tried noapic and noacpi - no diiference
> 
> The laptop boots puppy fine
> 
> So any idea what the issue is here
> 
> Any help appreciated
> 
I believe you need i686 or better to run f11. I suppose you could recompile 
everything for [345]86 processor, but I don't think it comes that way. And there 
may be some assumptions in scripts and commands that certain features are present.

Good to know puppy works, I have an old laptop.

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