On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > I purchased a copy of Mandrake about 3 months ago.
> >
> > I successfully managed to install this on a PC whose BIOS supports CDROM boot.
> >
> > Recently I thought I'd put it onto an older PC. Spec:
> > Cyrix 486 DLC 33 MHZ processor
> > 8 MBytes DRAM
> > Maths coprocessor (Weitek?)
> > The external device controller is not built onto the motherboard. Plugs into an
>ISA slot.
> > There is an external ISA Trident 1MB VGA video card.
> >
> There's your problem...this system probably is too ancient
> for Mandrake. That's not a "real" 486.... that's a
> "souped-up" 386. Trust me, I remember when those were the
> cheap alternate upgrade route for people like me who
> couldn't afford to spend $300 for a motherboard and CPU! :-)
> John
Yep, thats the 386 25mhz to 486 SX 33mhz "middle-man"
The problem is more with the mb/hd combo, but you will run into John is
anticipating
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