Mandrake 8.0 Bea requires a minimum Pentium processor.
And the module built for the 2.0 kernel of redHat 5.2 is NOT going to work
with a 2.4 kernel, which is why insmod failed.
You might be able to get Mandrake 5.3 somewhere or you could try RH 6.0, but
a 386 just isn't adequate for 8.0, nor is a 486. It is compiled for a
Pentium class and up, exclusively, not just optimized for it.
Civileme
On Friday 30 March 2001 12:55, you wrote:
> <html><DIV>Hi</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>I'm installing Linux Mandrake 8.0 BETA 2 on my IBM 386X laptop using a
> backpack (microsolutions) cdrom with SCSI connection.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>I did this installation using the same devices with RedHat 5.2 and to
> my surprise it had a module (bpcd.o) spcifically for this external cdrom.
> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>However, Mandrake hasn't. I tried to copy the module from RedHat onto
> a floppy and, during install, using the cdrom image bootfloppy, choose "use
> third-party module" or something like that. Mandrake recognizes the file on
> the floppy but when I selects it it says "insmod failed". For
> some reason it can't install this module. This is very frustrating and I'd
> appreciate any help on the subject.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>Thanks in advance</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>/Marcus (I'd prefer you'd answer directly to my private address, since
> I haven't currently any Internet connection from my student room)</DIV><br
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