People keep telling me that Mandrake
is ONLY optimized for Pentium
processors, so it's not even
supposed to work on a 486.
At 01:18 PM 8/5/99 , you wrote:
>I bought Mandrake-Linux so that I could get help if I ran into a stumbling
>block. I'm pretty much a newbie to the UNIX world with only a few months of
>FreeBSD experience under my belt. I therefore decided to PURCHASE Mandrake
>instead of downloading for free so that I could ask a question if something
>really bad happened.
>
>Something really bad happened. I emailed support and got a half-ass answer.
>I replied and told them so. They told me that they only support
>"installation of the OS" but I believe my question falls within that realm.
>
>My problem:
>
>I just purchased and installed Mandrake 6.0 and clicked on the "updates"
>icon within KDE/X. I chose a local mirror. The program came back and gave
>me several RPMs that needed to be upgraded. I clicked on the button that
>said something like "go get the updates". It got the updates without a
>problem. However, upon trying to install the updates, I got an error
>messages telling me that the RPMs were for a "different architecture".
>Indeed, the RPMs the update utility received had "i586" in their names. I'm
>running on a 486, not a 586.
>
>I've checked the official FAQ, unofficial FAQ, Deja, etc. Nothing.
>
>My question:
>
>How do I fix this?
>
>-Sean Noonan
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Ken Gunton WB6QWF
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