Hi guys
I would like to think that i686 codes can run on older machines but I don't think it is always the case. I really need a simple way to recompile for i386 on an i686 machine or some kind of program to patch or run programs in i386 mode.
The symptoms, are that the kernel boots just fine but when it should load init nothing happens at all, no error, no panic, the keyboard works but that is it.
What makes me think it is an inability to run i686 is what is being described in the thread below:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi....php?p=1099989
"I got message "Illegal instruction". Digging deeper I found that this message
appeared when system was trying to execute /bin/bash. That means that bash (and
some other parts of system, init for example) was compiled with instructions not
supported by my K6, only on Duron.
I hope this will help you, guys. Good luck "