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TCB Q&A Forum / Re: Installation fails on Pentium MMX laptop
« Last post by rodders on Today at 02:23:03 AM »
Hi rodders
I'd like you to change this part of the boot command:
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loglevel=8 cdeto this:
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loglevel=8 noacpi libata.dma=0 cde
If it still boots, run these commands and post the resulting files:
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dmesg > dmesg.txt
ls -l /mnt > mnt.txt

I think your laptop has a Zoom Telephonics Inc. sound card.

... I have a UK keyboard and with it set for US keymaps no keys will produce | or \ ! ...
Thanks for pointing that out. If I need any commands with those keys
in the future, I will attach a script to run them for you.
Files attached. I'm afraid they are not going to help much, the diffs seem to be just timing and size differences.
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I will try I don’t have any cd’s right now but will try soon as I will have some soon
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Hi Anonymous2
Welcome to the forum.

Try booting an older version, like TC10 and see if
it behaves any better.
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Hello I would like to notify of an issue with my pc it boots for a little bit then gives me (entry_offset: 0x00b072d0) (I am on the newest version of tiny core Linux and kernel panics and powers off the system after that no drive activity just stops there in like 1 second into the booting process) kernel 6.18 I think?
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ill bring the uncertainty and doubt
at least closed source alternatives wont get this kind of public scrutiny  ;)
so lets assume all that obscurity is a good thing!
Errare humanum est ... As stoics said, someone should not be afraid for something out of his control (like software development made by others for not so skilled ones). Of course close source software is a mistake, (security by obscurity fail) derived from intellectual property rights on "common" knowledge (cowboy style: first come takes all).

My assumption was that smaller software has less "attack" surface, therefore more secure when carefully crafted. Unfortunately (some, most?) developers adopted the tactic of releasing fast + unpolished (for testing).

AI is about mostly automation, which could have happening long time before. But with so much money invested in hardware so now is faster to brute force many paths. And find mistakes. Which is good to know, that gods are not invincible just because they are big and loaded.
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TCB Q&A Forum / Re: Installation fails on Pentium MMX laptop
« Last post by Rich on April 15, 2026, 11:54:50 AM »
Hi rodders
I'd like you to change this part of the boot command:
Code: [Select]
loglevel=8 cdeto this:
Code: [Select]
loglevel=8 noacpi libata.dma=0 cde
If it still boots, run these commands and post the resulting files:
Code: [Select]
dmesg > dmesg.txt
ls -l /mnt > mnt.txt

I think your laptop has a Zoom Telephonics Inc. sound card.

... I have a UK keyboard and with it set for US keymaps no keys will produce | or \ ! ...
Thanks for pointing that out. If I need any commands with those keys
in the future, I will attach a script to run them for you.
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before
>Current compliance regimes assume that security is measurable through checklists and periodic audits.

now they *should* assume  xyz
about a term coined in a grant application to the rockefellerfoundation  :0

idk but...
perhaps the the shape of the *real* problem is out lined by common theme ?

|>By definition, all assumptions introduce possibilities for error;
| - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

then
>Security regulations written for a world of human-speed attacks
like manual typing typing each port number ?
and pressing enter ??

and now
"ai"/open claw  can write a for loop *for you*  ???

tbh im struggling to make seance of it all  ( though fear not : in my case this is "normal" )


>given the fast progress of A.I
last time i checked** ( ftr im just some idiot ( member of a self destructive species[0] )  with a keyboard mind you)

ppl writing ML ( note not the marketing term but academic discipline ; aka *apparently* not perused solely for the purpose of financial gain  )  papers
seamed to have some doubts about the speed of "progress" in this regard

** ( Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
A: Because Keynote Speakers Make Bad Life Decisions and Are Poor Role Models
 https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/mickens )
 
[ 0 ] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead
( decades of putting this into *our* environment could have *some* beneficial outcomes
,... if and only if  you value its apparent impulsive / aggressive /etc.. effects on cognitive development   :-[ )

Whatever, but it worries me

if you bring the fear
ill bring the uncertainty and doubt

at least closed source alternatives wont get this kind of public scrutiny  ;)

so lets assume all that obscurity is a good thing!
..install party *anyone*  ?

[press return]
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TCB Talk / Re: Linux kernel removing 486 support
« Last post by nick65go on April 15, 2026, 04:59:33 AM »
After the "full elimination' of 486 CPU from kernel (but not from old, already existing programs) will be interesting the direction and competitiveness for small (special distro) like Tinycore, antiX, Pupy linux, etc. When base will be 586 or 686 and new programs version making more intense (ab)use of SSE# or AVX instructions.

Moreover, is not only 586+ CPU_type, we now enter the range for RAM minim/recommended competition.

And almost continuously bug discovery from AI for old programs. I do not talk about big software like LibreOffice, Firefox, but about critical ones like kernel, Openssl, Xorg / Wayland.

It will be a sharper split between (unpaid/ voluntary) developers of open-source and common (grab it for free) users/consumers. As we already see now in TC contributions  ;)
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TCE Q&A Forum / Re: 'failed in waitforX' with CL/CP64-16.0/17.0
« Last post by rhermsen on April 15, 2026, 04:37:39 AM »
Thanks, save travel, and take your time.
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TCB Talk / Re: Linux kernel removing 486 support
« Last post by nick65go on April 15, 2026, 03:40:43 AM »
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Begins-Removing-i486
Linus Torvalds Merged The Code Beginning To Remove Intel 486 CPU Support In Linux 7.1

the initial removal is getting rid of the kernel configuration (Kconfig) options for building M486 / M486SX / ELAN CPU support. With that Kconfig code now removed, building a Linux 7.1+ kernel with that Intel 486 support isn't possible and specifically affects AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2 and UMC U5S. The M486 Kconfig option is for 486-class CPUs such as the AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel 486DX/DX2/DX4 and UMC U5D.

So some filesystem affected also (nfs pointers) + increase RAM on 32 bits usage because CPU cache pipeline (L1/L2) disturbed.
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