Boot fails with "Invalid argument" on 486DX

Ocawesome101 / 486linux

Files necessary for setting up a 486Linux image, along with a script for it

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Boot fails with "Invalid argument" on 486DX #2

Open megatog615 opened 1 year ago

megatog615 commented 1 year ago

On my 486DX 50MHz(Overdrive) machine, after writing a fresh disk image, SYSLINUX starts, loads the kernel, then fails with: Booting kernel failed: Invalid argument

This may be a kernel bug, as it seems to happen with other 486-compatible distros like old versions of Knoppix. I have also set up an extremely barebones Linux install on a floppy disk using SYSLINUX with Linux 6.3, and it has the same problem.

Another variable could be that I'm booting with an XTIDE.

Ocawesome101 commented 1 year ago

the only test system i have access to is a Compaq Presario 425 that doesn't have this issue. the 486linux kernel config is very heavily tailored to my Presario so i'd dig in Kconfig under device drivers. if you figure out the issue i'm happy to tweak the default config to work for more people.

honestly i never expected anyone else to use this project. it's rather refreshing.