RE: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

[Thomas J. Hamman]

On 02-Aug-99 Colin Eddy wrote:
> I currently am running RedHat 5.0 on my old 486 and would like to install 
> either Mandrake 6.0.  Unfortunately no matter what I've tried, the install 
> continually hangs in the same places (depending on the method).  I have 
> tried both and FTP and HD install.

The packages in Mandrake are compiled with Pentium-specific optimizations, and
probably don't run on a 486.  You might be better off with RedHat 6.0, or a
version of M6 compiled for 386/486, if there's one available..


-Tom