please tell us what options you have to work with there, if you're unable to get to a prompt in crux, sounds like tinkering with bios settings may be your only option.  on another note, i have pentium 3 boards running from CF cards on crux 2.8 ( i believe). maybe try that version instead?

On Jul 1, 2016 1:26 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre9@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, I do.

On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Steve Volumetric
<volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
> im sorry i misread, do you have access to the bios?
>
> On Jul 1, 2016 1:02 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Steve Volumetric
>> <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > 1.where'd you get this hardware?
>>
>> It's hardware that is used in the lab I work in.
>>
>> >
>> > 2.what's your install proceedure?  what filesystem type are you putting
>> > on
>> > that CF card?
>>
>> I haven't even gotten to that point. The installation fails before I
>> get to a prompt to format the drive.
>>
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Anthony LaTorre <tlatorre@uchicago.edu>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I'm trying to install CRUX 2.7.1 on a Pentium 3 single board computer
>> >> with 512 MB of RAM. The data sheet for the SBC is here:
>> >>
>> >> https://www.surplussales.com/computeraccess/pdf/eqp-vmivme-7648-740.pdf.
>> >>
>> >> I'm booting from a CD ROM and after I get to the "boot: " prompt and
>> >> hit enter everything goes OK until I get to:
>> >>
>> >> * Copying files from squashfs
>> >>
>> >> at which point everything goes haywire. Sometimes I get "cp: read
>> >> error" messages, sometimes it segfaults, but I've never been able to
>> >> get past this point.
>> >>
>> >> I should mention that the only hard drive on the machine is an 8 GB
>> >> compact flash card, I don't know if that's relevant.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas on whether I might be able to get this to work or not?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Tony
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