So far as I know, MANDRAKE has been tweaked for 586's (Pentium class).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 7/19/99, 7:30:11 AM, Bill Traynor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding [newbie] Trial (installation) by fire!:
> > I tried relentlessly over the last weekend to install Linux and was
> > unsuccessful. What am I missing?
> >
> > Here's what I have:
> > old 486DX2/66 with 20MB RAM, AMI BIOS circa 08/08/1994
> > Trident ISA video card
> > DaynaPORT ISA NIC
> > Fujitsu 4.3GB hard drive
> > 40X CDROM, standard Floppy Drive
> >
> > Here's what I did:
> > Having just purchased the hard drive, I installed it, inserted a Linux
> > Mandrake 6 boot disk and rebooted. The install began but froze at the
> > point where it say "Running Install". Note, my BIOS does not allow a
boot
> > from the CD, so I was out of luck there.
> >
> > I then placed a Redhat 5.2 boot.img in the FD and rebooted. The
install
> > process recognized the Mandrake CD and appeared to have installed (2.5
hrs
> > later). Upon restarting, LILO froze at the letter I, only LI printed
on
> > the screen. I recognized this problem as one that I'd seen on mailing
> > lists, however, I wanted to at least perform an install to the point
where
> > I could reboot and configure manually so I decided to try again from
> > scratch.
> >
> > I rebooted with a DOS disk and ran FDISK, deleting the Linux Partition
and
> > Swap Partition. I rebooted again, ran FDISK and proceeded to create a
> > Primary DOS partition. At this point, FDISK indicated that the
maximum
> > available space for the partition was 470MB. What? Why did this
happen?
> >
> > So basically, I need to know how to start an install from scratch?
> >
> > Also, should I just invest in a cheap TX motherboard and P133 or
> > something, in order to avoid the limitations of the old motherboard?
> > Should I be able to install considering my hardware?
> >
> > I really want to add a Linux workstation to my Network (2 Win98
machines
> > networked using SyGate). Eventually, I'd like to eliminate Win98
server
> > and replace it with Linux.
> >
> > Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bill
