RE: Trouble installing 1.4.1

[Fred Heitkamp <heitkamp%attglobal.net@localhost>]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Paul Andrews wrote:

> > I only have two comments based on my experience with Linux when
> > I had an A2000, and a GForce 040.  First 8 MB ram is really not
> > enough to run anything but text consoles.  Second, does your
> > GForce have full  '040 or '030 chip?  Mine had a 68030EC that
> > did not have an MMU.  To run Linux I had to get a 68030 from
> > a surplus electronics store.  Also I had to get a 68882 FPU
> > chip as well, but that may only be required for Linux.  If your
> > board has a 68040 it probably has a working FPU, but possibly
> > not a working MMU.
> > 
> > Fred
> 
> Would not having a MMU cause the kernel to die before showing any
> info on screen when starting up? I think my problem must be something

I would think that the kernel would not work at all, since it needs
the MMU to perform  memory accesses.


Fred