[Soekris] net 5501 and RHEL5.2

[Mike Chirico]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 05:25:40AM -0700, Sargun Dhillon wrote:
> You can't run RHEL 5.X on the Soekris. The 5501 has a '586' CPU, whereas RHEL5 expects a 686 CPU. You're simply going to come across a lot of crashing, bugs, and other issues. This is a bad idea.
> 

I'm running Fedora (8,9 and rawhide) on three separate Soekris
5501-70's. I'm not sure the above statement is true, since I'm
inclined to believe that if Fedora works, RHEL 5.x will work on can
work with a correctly configured kernel.

> Go back to Debian, and debootstrap your machine together.
> 

I'd recommend taking a closer look at your kernel config. The
following is my config, which include support for SELINUX, 
the NATSEMI (additional 4 port ethernet card), and temperature
sensors.

 http://chirico.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/soekris/configs/2.6.25.4/config

I've got a lot of the Fedora development tools, and I haven't had
any problems. I'm using 2G, 4G, and 8G SandDisk.  

Regards,

Mike Chirico