[Users] Re: Is there no kernel for i586 CPUs?

[Adem]

<lst_hoe02 at kwsoft.de> wrote:
> Zitat von Adem:
> 
> > I found kernels for i486, i686 and K7 etc., but none for i586.
> > I now I can use the i486-kernel in a i586 machine,
> > but just curious why there is no kernel for i586?
> 
> I guess there is simply not much need for it. If you have a real  
> legacy or some sort of embeded system use the i486, if you have a  
> machine not older then 10 years use the i686.
> 
> > OTOH the 486-kernel (tried fza only) seems to lack the
> > ipt_REJECT module (netfilter/iptools), and
> > when doing "shutdown -h now" it although halts the machine
> > but unfortunately does not power off the machine.
> > Bug or feature? :-)
> 
> Some features are lacking because no one ported it back. Maybe this  
> module use high-res timer or the like. For the power-off : Back in the  
> days of i486 the power-supply has no soft-off (ATX) but only a manual  
> switch (AT) and i guess most of the others ACPI functions are missing  
> as well on a typical i486 board from these days.

Ok, as suggested in the other posting will try the apm module...
 
> But why are you trying to use such old HW for OpenVZ ??

It's for someone else whom I donated my old mainboards.
He wants to rent and administer his own public VPS.
I told him that he can try and learn it first at home 
on the old HW I had sent him, including iptables, 
b/c network security is very important in such an hostile environment 
like the internet (ie. hack attempts, spammers etc.).
>From my own experience it takes some weeks/months before
a newbie can use and administer a Linux VPS, especially when 
he/she comes from the Windows camp...  :-)