John Aldrich wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> >
> > Ok John, I finally figured out the "#" is the "REM" equivilant of DOS.  My
> > problem is that when I went to do the  "mount -w -o remount /dev/hda1/"  I get
> > a message that the /root wasn't mounted or "bad option" and the file is still a
> > read only.  Now I am doing this on a 486/100 machine if that makes a
> > difference.  Any suggestions on making the drive a R/W?
> >
> Hmm...you *are* aware that Mandrake is not set up to work
> on a 486, aren't you?  Mandrake works on Pentium or better.
> My *guess* is that  your system is missing some stuff in the
> CPU that's included in the Pentium or better.
>         John

I also get the same in RH 5.2 that states in the docs that it is compatable with 386
and up systems.  And no I didn't know about mandrake not working on a 486....my
brother-in-law sent it to try.

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