[RULE] Install report: 486-66MHz/16MB/1.2GB

Gabriel M. Beddingfield gabriel at teuton.org
Thu Aug 12 23:29:02 EEST 2004


Status:  Pyrrhic Victory (translation:  success, but...)

Pasted below the signature is a very meandering install report.  It's just 
FYI.  Here's the general progression:

1. Tried to do a GRP install with Gentoo (i.e. no compiling)
2. Got some bad help.
3. Started over, bit the bullet, compiled a Gentoo install.
4. After being installed, kernel said it was Pentium only.  (Translation:
I should have done a stage 1 install or something.)
5. Installed RH9 via Slinky.

Conclusions:
1. While Gentoo says it supports binary installs, it's not ready for 
prime-time yet.  I couldn't figure out how to do it.  It took about 2 days to 
install because of all the compiling.  In the end it failed because something 
wasn't right with the processor arch in the compile.  I gave up.
2. RH9/Slinky install was a breeze fine.  You guys did a great job!
3. The 66MHz is too slow to run a GUI anything.  I type about 70wpm.  The 
words appear on screen at about 20 wpm (AbiWord).  I can write faster than 
that.  This machine would be fine for a text install.
4. Memory constraints appeared OK.  I set up with a dedicated hard drive (hdc) 
as the swap device.  I think this helped out with performance... but not 
enough.

New Post Install notes:
1. Install didn't recognize my serial mouse.  Here's what I had to do to make 
it work:
	* Edit .xinitrc and add 'xterm &' at the top.
	* $ startx
	* in the xterm: $ redhat-config-mouse
	* Then I selected my mouse...  hit OK
	* Reboot or restart X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace)
2. Had to set the timezone by hand: # ln 
-sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime

FYI, Install took about 500MB of the root partition.

Future actions:
I think I'm going to disassemble this computer and use the parts elsewhere.  
It'll take about $50 (new mouse, ISA NIC) to make this computer useable... 
and it's not worth it.  Therefore, I won't be posting this as a "test" 
computer unless someone specifically asks for it.  I'm assuming that a "test" 
computer is one that is also used after the install.

-- 
Gabriel M. Beddingfield
gabriel at teuton.org

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Notes on canis.local

MOTHERBOARD
===========
MARKED:  LEOPARD REV C
Proc:  486 66MHz
Memory:  4x4MB = 16MB
Coprocessor:  Yes

BIOS
====
AMIBIOS
#486SLC ISA BIOS
SN: AA0516340

MOTHERBOARD (DATA FROM THE WEB)
===============================
Processor 80486SLC2 
Processor Speed 50(internal)/66(internal)MHz 
Chip Set OPTI 
Max. Onboard DRAM 16MB 
Cache 64/128KB 
BIOS AMI/MR 
Dimensions 330mm x 218mm 
I/O Options 32-bit VESA local bus slots (2) 
NPU Options 80387SX 
http://www.embeddedlogic.com/TH99/m/A-B/32083.htm

KEYBOARD
========
PS/2 (big, old connector)

MOUSE
=====
Generic (Memorex) Serial Mouse with PC/MS AT switch.

CD-ROM
======
Creative Technology Ltd Model#CD4000M
4x speed CD-ROM.
Configured as slave
Hooked to primary (MB) IDE controller

PRIMARY HARD DRIVE
==================
Maxtor Model#71260AP
1,600 MB
HDA/Uplevel:  67A
PCBA/Uplevel: 488
Unique/Uplevel: 26A
Cylinders/Heads/Sectors:  2632/16/63
Jumper J20 On (Master/Single)
Hooked to primary (MB) IDE controller

SECONDARY HARD DRIVE
====================
Samsung Model#SHD-3172A1
356 MB
Cylinders/Heads/Sectors:  968/16/45
Jumpers C/D and DSP on (Master)
Hooked to secondary (CD-ROM) IDE controller

PRIMARY I/O (IDE) CONTROLLER
=============================
Came with computer... no identification.
Configuration:
J1: L
J2: L
JP6:  1L 2H 3L 4H 5L
	MEANING:  FDD Mod=Nor, FDD ADR=0x3F0, HDD=EN(ABLED), HDD ADDR=0x1F0, 
FDD=EN(ABLED)
JP9:  1L 2H 3L 4H 5H 6L
	MEANING:  COM1, COM2, LPT1
L=LOW(0), H=HIGH(1)
JP11: OFF
BEFORE TWEAKING:
JP12: JUMPERS AT 1,6,7
	MEANING:  (GUESS) IRQ'S ARE COM1=4, COM2=5, LPT1=5
JP16: ON

FLOPPY DRIVE
============
3.5"

SECONDARY IDE CONTROLLER
========================
Was supplied with CD-ROM.
Jumpers set to addr=0x170 irq=10

SOUND CARD
==========
SoundBlaster CT1350B
JP1 OFF (24X)
JP2 ON (22X)
IRQ2,5,7 OFF
IRQ 3 ON
DRQ1 ON
JP8 OFF (JYEN)
JP9 ON (CMSOFF)
JP10 ON
JP11 SET WITH JUMPER AT 2&3
JP12 OFF (FM?)
JP13 OFF (VOICE)
JP14 ON (DMACTL)

DISPLAY ADAPTER
===============
CIRRUS LOGIC BOARD MARKED:
CLVGA542XVL/H VESA LOCAL BUS REV 2 0
JP1 OFF (IRQ9 DISABLE) -- ENABLED IF ON

GENTOO INSTALLATION
===================

Just to see if there are any gotchas, and since I'm running low on 
3 1/2" floppies, I used SmartBootManager to boot the Gentoo 2004.2
LiveCD.  It took some persistance (if at first you don't suceed,
try it again...)... but the SBM booted the CD.

It is apparently using "Knoppix technology."  It does OK.  It's
loading in PCI and USB stuff... which is unnecessary since I have
no USB or PCI.

Since Gentoo doesn't appear to come with any sort of boot floppy
image, I'll just have to stick with SBM for now.  After all, this
is a test to see if a Gentoo installation is worth looking at for
the RULE project.

THE PLAN:
hda = root directory
hdc = swap drive (old drive, perilous?)
Stage 3 install

07AUG2004 5:55PM CDT - Boot canis to Gentoo CD-ROM
boot:  gentoo nousb
"Press <RETURN> to see video modes...."
<SPACE>
07AUG2004 6:10 PM CDT -- Finished booting
(Reading instructions)
# fdisk /dev/hda
o (write clean partition table)
n p 1 +32M (1st partition 32MB)
n p 2 64 2632 (2nd partition, root fs)
a 1  (toggle boot flag on partition 1)
p

Disk /dev/hda: 1358 MB, 1358579200 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2632 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start      End     Blocks     Id       System
/dev/hda1   *           1       63      31720+    83       Linux
/dev/hda2              64     2632    1294776     83       Linux

w (exit)

# fdisk /dev/hdc
o (write clean partition table)
n p 1 968  (Partition 968)
t 82 (mark Linux Swap)
p

Disk /dev/hdc: 356 MB, 356843520 bytes
16 heads, 45 sectors/track, 968 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 720 * 512 = 368640 bytes

   Device Boot      Start      End     Blocks     Id       System
/dev/hdc1               1      968     348457+    82       Linux swap

w (exit & write)

# mke2fs /dev/hda1
# mke2fs /dev/hda2
# mkswap /dev/hdc1
# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# date 080718322004
Sat Aug  7 18:32:00 GMT 2004
# cat /etc/localtime
TZifGMT
# vi /etc/localtime; cat /etc/localtime
TZifCDT
# date
Sat Aug  7 18:38:55 CDT 2004

07AUG2004 6:42 PM CDT -- Go eat supper.  :-)
07AUG2004 7:05 PM CDT -- Back at it

# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages
stage1-x86-2004.2.tar.bz2   stage3-i686-2004.2.tar.bz2
stage2-i686-2004.2.tar.bz2   stage3-x86-2004.2.tar.bz2
stage2-x86-2004.2.tar.bz2
# cd /mnt/gentoo
# tar xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-x86-2004.2.tar.bz2
__alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x30/0)
__alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0)
(etc....)
(Looks like I ran out of memory!)
^C
# vi /etc/fstab
(Edit swap line)

WAS: #/dev/SWAP	none	swap	sw	0 0
IS:  /dev/hdc1	swap	swap	sw	0 0

# swapon -a
# swapon -s
Filename                        Type            Size    Used    Priority
/dev/ide/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 partition        348448  0       -1
# tar xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-x86-2004.2.tar.bz2
(files appear... IT WORKED!!! WOO-HOO!!!)
(took a long time)
#

17AUG2004 8:20 PM CDT -- tar finished... go read my daugter a story
17AUG2004 8:30 PM CDT -- back at it
At this point, I recall doing a df -h that said /hda2 had used about
380MB so far.  I should have written down the results before bringing
in the portage tree.

# ls /mnt/cdrom/snapshots
portage-20040710.tar.bz2
# time tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20040710.tar.bz2 
-C /mnt/gentoo/usr/

real 31m8.332s

17AUG2004 9:05 PM CDT -- Switch to a PPP diversion
As it happens, I think my COM2 is shot (perhaps the IRQ conflict I
think I saw between the COM2 and sound card).

On host computer (FC2):
$ sudo /usr/sbin/pppd -detach crtscts lock 172.16.1.1:172.16.1.2 /dev/ttyS0 
115200 &
On gentoo:
# pppd -detach crtscts lock 172.16.1.2:172.16.1.1 /dev/ttyS0 115200 &
# route add default ppp0

However, I couldn't get it to route to the open internet.  The problem seems
to be with the host computer needing a routing daemon.  However, while
trying to figure this out, our network lost its connection to the internet.
So, I'll continue on with Gentoo....

(Actually, I broke my routing by issuing $ sudo /sbin/route add default eth0
on the host computer... DOH!)

17AUG2004 10:10 PM CDT -- Back to Gentoo install.

# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles
# df -h
Filesystem		Size	Used	Avail	Use%	Mounted on
tmpfs			5.9M	2.9M	3.0M	49%	/
/newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
			605M	605M	0	100%	/mnt/cdrom
/dev/loop/0		70M	70M	0	100%	/mnt/livecd
/dev/hda2		1.3G	693M	489M	59%	/mnt/gentoo
/dev/hda1		30M	13K	29M	1%	/mnt/gentoo/boot
# time cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/

(I'll let this run overnight... I'm going to bed)
07AUG2004 10:18 PM CDT -- Go to bed, leave running.
08AUG2004  6:53 AM CDT -- Back to it...

real   7m41.046s

# vi /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
(change CFLAGS to i486)
# cat /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically 
built
this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i486 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)"

08AUG2004 7:03 AM CDT -- Go take shower/go to church
08AUG2004 2:20 PM CDT -- Back at it...

# cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolve.conf
# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# time env-update
 * Caching service dependencies...
 
 real    1m14.035s
# time source /etc/profile

 real    00m0.705s
# ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
...
CST6CDT
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime
# date
Sun Aug  8 09:48:18 CDT 2004
# date 080814502004
Sun Aug  8 14:50:00 CDT 2004
# time emerge gentoo-sources
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r6 to /
*** Adjusting cvs-src permissions for portage user...
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) linux-2.4.26.tar.bz2
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r6.tar.bz2
>>> Preparing to unpack...
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking linux-2.4.26.tar.bz2 
to /var/tmp/portage/gentoo-sources-2.4.26-r6/
work
(...)

* GNU Info directory index is up-to-date

real    91m59.663s

# ls -l /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 31 Aug  8 16:21 /usr/src/linux 
-> /usr/src/linux-2.4.26-
gentoo-r6
# time emerge genkernel
(Note:  while compiling freetype-2.1.5-r1, the compiler complained with 
several
warnings about breaking strict-aliasing rules.  In the past, this has resulted
in a failed compile.  Viz. synce build.  This is implied by the -O2 switch.)
(Also, why is it compiling?  I wanted pre-builts... should I have done
'emerge -K genkernel' or 'emerge -k genkernel' or 'emerge -usepkg genkernel'?)
08AUG2004 7:10 PM -- ">>> media-libs/freetype-2.1.5-r1 merged."

real    515m16.828s

09AUG2004 7:58 AM CDT
# useradd gabriel
# passwd gabriel
New UNIX password: gabriel
Retype new UNIX password: gabriel

( Okay... this isn't the way to go.  The next step, 'genkernel all', is going 
to
compile the kernel.  I need to back up and see where I went wrong... I 
shouldn't
be compiling stuff.)

# time emerge -C gentoo-sources

real    19m37.362s

# time emerge -K gentoo-sources
Calculating dependencies
!!! There are no packages available to satisfy: "gentoo-sources"
!!! Either add a suitable binary package or compile from an ebuild.

!!! Error calculating dependencies.  Please correct.

real    1m50.203s

(eh, whatever... let's just get on with it...)
(Perhaps I need the network to make that work.)
# time emerge gentoo-sources
(...)

real 90m32.817s

# time emerge -C gentoo-sources

real    19m36.733s

# nano /etc/make.conf
# cat /etc/make.conf
# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically 
built
this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i486 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)"
FEATURES="sandbox buildpkg ccache distcc userpriv usersandbox notitles
noclean noauto cvs keeptemp keepwork"
# time emerge gentoo-sources

(got several error messages)

real    209m39.616s

09AUG2004 3:26 PM CDT
# cd /usr/src/linux
bash: cd: linux: No such file or directory

Hmmm... maybe it *did* do a binary install... we'll see.  :-)

# nano -w /etc/fstab
# cat /etc/fstab
(...summary...)
/dev/hda1	/boot	ext2	noauto,noatime	1 1
/dev/hda2	/	ext2	noatime		0 0
/dev/hdc1	none	swap	sw		0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0	/mnt/cdrom	iso9660	noauto,ro	0 0
/dev/fd0	/mnt/floppy	auto	noauto	0 0

none		/proc	proc	defaults	0 0

none		/dev/shm	tmpfs	defaults	0 0

# echo canis > /etc/hostname
# echo local > /etc/dnsdomainname
# rc-update add domainname default
 * domainname added to runlevel default
 * Caching service dependencies...
 * rc-update complete.
# nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
(... set: iface_eth0="172.16.1.100 broadcast 172.16.1.255 netmask 
255.255.255.0" )
(... set: gateway="eth0/172.16.1.1" )
# rc-update add net.eth0 default
 * net.eth0 added to runlevel default
 * Caching service dependencies...
 * rc-update complete.
# nano -w /etc/hosts
(... 127.0.0.1	localhost )
(... 172.16.1.100	canis.local	canis )
(... 172.16.1.1		pleiades.local	pleiades )
# passwd
New UNIX password: *** (default admin password)
Retype new UNIX password: ***
passwd: password updated successfully
# nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(... XSESSION="Xsession" )
# date
Mon Aug  9 15:57:31 CDT 2004
# time emerge sysklogd
(...)

real    20m8.750s

# time emerge vixie-cron
(...)

real    48m52.841s

# time rc-update add vixie-cron default
(...)

real    0m19.969s

# time emerge grub
(...)
failed
# cd /
# time emerge grub
(... failed ... looks like my hard drive got too full...)

# halt

==========================
DO-OVER
==========================
09AUG2004 7:51 PM CDT
boot: gentoo-nofb nousb nohotplug noraid
(...)

# date
Wed Aug 4 23:33:28 GMT 2004
# date 081001052004
Tue Aug 10 01:05:00 GMT 2004
(09AUG2004 8:05 PM CDT)
# passwd
New UNIX password: password
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
Retype new UNIX password: password
#
(OK, let's try setting up a network over serial.)

ON HOST COMPUTER (FC2)
$ sudo /usr/sbin/pppd -detach crtscts lock 172.16.1.1:172.16.1.100 /dev/ttyS0 
115200 &
ON GENTOO:
# pppd -detach crtscts lock 172.16.1.100:172.16.1.1 /dev/ttyS0 115200 &
# route add default ppp0

On host computer (FC2):
$ sudo /usr/sbin/pppd -detach crtscts lock 172.16.1.1:172.16.1.2 /dev/ttyS0 
115200 &
On gentoo:
# pppd -detach crtscts lock 172.16.1.2:172.16.1.1 /dev/ttyS0 115200 &
# route add default ppp0

...but I couldn't get FC2 to route the packages right.
...give up on that one.

# nano -w /etc/fstab
(changed SWAP to hdc1)
# swapon -a
# mke2fs /dev/hda1
# mke2fs /dev/hda2
# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages
(same as before)
# cd /mnt/gentoo
# time tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-<subarch>-2004.2.tar.bz2

real    61m26.458s

# ls /mnt/cdrom/snapshots
portage-20040710.tar.bz2
# time tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20040710.tar.bz2 
-C /mnt/gentoo/usr

real    32m2.980s

# df -h
Filesystem		Size	Used	Avail	Use%	Mounted on
tmpfs			5.9M	2.9M	3.0M	49%	/
/newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
			605M	605M	0	100%	/mnt/cdrom
/dev/loop/0		70M	70M	0	100%	/mnt/livecd
/dev/hda2		1.3G	693M	489M	59%	/mnt/gentoo
/dev/hda1		30M	13K	29M	1%	/mnt/gentoo/boot
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles
# time cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/

real    7m36.262s

# df -h
(...)
/dev/hda2		1.3G	934M	248M	80%	/mnt/gentoo
(...)
# nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
# cat /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i486 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)"
FEATURES="sandbox buildpkg ccache distcc userpriv usersandbox notitles
noclean noauto cvs keeptemp keepwork"
# cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# time env-update
 * Caching service dependencies...
 
real    1m12.166s
# time source /etc/profile

real    0m0.625s

# ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
# date
Tue Aug 10 13:36:10 Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page 2004
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime
# date
Tue Aug 10 08:38:20 CDT 2004
# time emerge gentoo-sources

(took a long time, and I don't think it worked... again.
I think the FEATURES flags are off.
Looks like the hard drive got full, but df -h doesn't work.)

===========================================================================
ONE MORE TRY... THIS TIME NO FEATURES FLAGS... WE'LL JUST GO WITH A COMPILE
OR TWO
===========================================================================

boot: gentoo-nofb
(...)
# date
Thu Aug  5 16:41:20 GMT 2004
(Bad bios battery.)
# passwd
(password)
# nano -w /etc/fstab
(changed SWAP to hdc1)
# swapon -a
# mke2fs /dev/hda1
# mke2fs /dev/hda2
# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages
(same as before)
# cd /mnt/gentoo
# time tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-x86-2004.2.tar.bz2

real    61m13.454s
# date 081020372004
Tue Aug 10 20:37:00 GMT 2004
# ls /mnt/cdrom/snapshots
portage-20040710.tar.bz2
# time tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20040710.tar.bz2 
-C /mnt/gentoo/usr

real    31m40.586s

# df -h
Filesystem		Size	Used	Avail	Use%	Mounted on
tmpfs			5.9M	2.9M	3.0M	49%	/
/newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
			605M	605M	0	100%	/mnt/cdrom
/dev/loop/0		70M	70M	0	100%	/mnt/livecd
/dev/hda2		1.3G	693M	489M	59%	/mnt/gentoo
/dev/hda1		30M	13K	29M	1%	/mnt/gentoo/boot
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles
# time cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/

real    7m36.262s

# df -h
(...)
/dev/hda2		1.3G	934M	248M	80%	/mnt/gentoo
(...)
# nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
# cat /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i486 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)"
# cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# time env-update
 * Caching service dependencies...
 
real    1m12.277s
# source /etc/profile
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime
# date
Tue Aug 10 16:40:44 CDT 2004
# time emerge gentoo-sources

real 91m30.018s

# ls -l /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 31 Aug 10 18:10 /usr/src/linux 
-> /usr/src/linux-2.4.26-
gentoo-r6
# df -h
df: cannot read table of mounted filesystems: No such file or directory
# cd /usr/src/linux
# time make menuconfig
(I made too many tweaks to record...)

time    30m57.185s
# time make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install

(left to run overnight)
(...)
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -l/usr/src/linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6/include -Wall 
-Wstrict-protot
ypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer 
-p
ipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i486   -nostdinc -iwithprefix include 
-D
KBUILD_BASENAME=misc  -c -o-misc.o misc.c
misc.c: In function 'raw_can_sector':
misc.c:447: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:http://bugs.gentoo.org/> for instructions.
The but is not reproducible, so it is likely a hardware or OS problem.
make[3]: *** [misc.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6/fs/fat'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6/fs/fat'
make[1]: *** [_subdir_fat] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.26-gentoo-ry/fs'
make: *** [_dir_fs] Error 2
#
(Why not try again... I have nothing better to do.  :-)  )
# time make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install

...
11AUG2004 9:01 PM CDT -- STILL COMPILING

12AUG2004 6:27 AM CDT -- WOKE UP AND FOUND:

(...)
make -C arch/i386/lib modules_install
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Nothing to be done fore 'modules_install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r6/arch/i386/lib'
cd /lib/modules/2.4.26-gentoo-ry: \
mkdir -p pcmcia: \
find kernel -path '*/pcmcia/*' -name '*.o' | xargs -i -r ln -sf ../{} pcmcia
if [ -r System.map ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.4.26-gentoo-r6; fi
depmod *** Unresolved symbols 
in /lib/modules/2.4.26-gentoo-r6/kernel/drivers/p
arport/partport_serial.o
depmod:          pci_siig10x_fn
depmod:          pci_siig20x_fn
#

(Hmmm... is this good & done...?)
# ls -l arch/i386/boot/bzImage
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1016584 Aug 11 22:06 arch/i386/boot/bzImage
# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.26-gentoo-r6
# cp .config /boot/config-2.4.26-gentoo-r6
# nano -w /etc/fstab
# more /etc/fstab
(...)
/dev/hda1	/boot	ext2	noauto,noatime	1 1
/dev/hdc2	/	ext2	defaults,noatime	0 1
/dev/hdc1	none	swap	sw	0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0	/mnt/cdrom	iso9660	noauto,ro	0 0
/dev/fd0	/mnt/floppy	auto	noauto	0 0

none	/proc	proc	defautls	0 0

none	/dev/shm	tmpfs	defaults	0 0

# echo canis > /etc/hostname
# echo local > /etc/dnsdomainname
# rc-update add domainname default
# nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
(...)
iface_eth0="dhcp"
dhcpcd_eth0="-N"
(...)
# rc-update add net.eth0 default
# nano -w /etc/hosts
(...)
127.0.0.1	canis.local	canis	localhost
(...)
# passwd
(default root password)
# nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(...)
XSESSION="Xsession"
(...)
# date
Thu Aug 12 06:56:32 CDT 2004
# emerge vixie-cron; date
(...)
Thu Aug 12 07:43:42 CDT 2004
# rc-update add vixie-cron default
# emerge grub; date

(...)
Thu Aug 12 10:28:14 CDT 2004
# nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf
# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
default 0
timeout 5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.26-r6
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda2

# cp /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
# df -h
Filesystem		Size	Used	Avail	Use%	Mounted on
rootfs			1.3G	1.2G	23M	99%	/
none			1.3G	1.2G	23M	99%	/dev
tmpfs			1.3G	1.2G	23M	99%	/
devfs			1.3G	1.2G	23M	99%	/dev
/newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
			1.3G	1.2G	23M	99%	/mnt/cdrom
df: '/mnt/livecd': No such file or directory
/dev/hda2		1.3G	1.2G	23M	99%	/
/dev/hda1		 30M	2.2M	27M	 8%	/boot
#
(Hmmm... suspicious)
# grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not.  If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script 'grub-install'.

(fd0)	/dev/fd0
(hd0)	/dev/hda
(hd1)	/dev/hdc
#
(Looks ok to me)
# date
Thu Aug 12 10:43:42 CDT 2004
# exit
# umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(got some error messages about /mnt/gentoo being busy or in use)
# reboot

(...)
CPU: 486
Kernel panic: Kernel compiled for Pentium+, requires TXC feature!
In idle task - not syncing

OK!  NOW I GIVE UP!   :-)
Going back to slinky...

Started slinky install at about 10:50AM CDT

It finished at about 1:25 PM CDT... however, the CD-ROM
got messed up on the TinyX install.

Reboot.
Install TinyX from RPMS.

TO CONFIGURE SERIAL MOUSE
1. edit .xinitrc so that 'xterm &' is at the top of the file.
2. start X:  $ startx
3. In the xterm: $ redhat-config-mouse
4. Configure the mouse there.
5. Restart X

TO CONFIGURE TIME ZONE:
1. # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/CST6CDT /etc/localtime

The 66MHz is too slow to run GUI... but it sort of works.
Typed in stuff in AbiWord at about 70 wpm, but they drew
on the screen at about 20wpm.  Just not useable.

I'm going to dismantle this computer.

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