Not a problem, I have a copy of Red Hat also. The partition question still
stands though.
Fred
> From: James Mellema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 23:36:33 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Looking for a good start...
>
> FredB wrote:
>>
>> I'm getting ready to do an install of Mandrake onto a test machine (dinky
>> 486 I have laying around) to work with until I have a proper machine built.
>> the machine will have 2 SCSI drives, one 2g and the other 1g. I am trying to
>> determine what the best way is to partition the drives and mount my
>> directories so that I can use both drive with some efficiency and have room
>> left over for installing a kernel source now and then as need arises.
>>
>> I plan on using the 2g as the primary drive at ID0 and the 1g at ID1 for
>> starters.
>>
>> Any suggestions from there will be greatly appretiated.
>>
>> Fred Buecker
> Fred,
>
> I think it unlikely that your install will succeed. Mandrake is
> optimized for pentium class CPUs, and will not perform adequately on a
> 486. My experience has been that in most cases Mandrale will not
> install, and if it does performance is dismal with many problems.
>
> If you must work with the 486 I would try another distribution (Redhat
> will work).
> --
> James Mellema, CRNA MA
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