Don't know about the pavilion g7, but i checked at the archive for the
F30 release
(
https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/30/W...)
and there is no i686 iso. Perhaps the archive is incomplete.
There are i386 images in F25 though
(
https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/25/W...).
On 5/23/22 16:59, jim.cromie(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
> so Ive got some old i686 computers,
> electronics recycle day approaches, but before I do that,
> I thought Id try to get them working
>
> 1st one (toshiba satellite core2 laptop) threw a hard-drive,
> clunking noises, then finally falls back to pxe-boot.
>
> I put fedora-30-live on a usb (last one with i686 support)
> but booting it, I get a 2-line error:
>
> This kernel requires x86-64, but only detected i686
> unable to boot - ...
>
> I know f30 supports i686 - I have 1 old desktop still running it.
>
> next is hp pavilion g7
> pressing power gives brief spin-up of fans, nothing else.
> f2, f10, esc during boot dont help,
> screen brightness or vga monitor dont help either
> I pulled hard drive and memory to force BIOS / POST
> to do something different, NO CHANGE.
> Any suggestions?
>
> but at least I have a new/old hard-drive for the toshiba.
>
> I also have a dell pentium2-233,
> running knoppix with a 2.6.19 kernel,
> its reluctant to do anything (aptitude is trying forever)
> I think its too old to have a bios that can usb boot
>
> I have used fedora-live-usb to rescue machines
> in the past, but Im running out of options.
> I would welcome other distro suggestions for tired old hardware
>
> thanks
>
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