There's also Mandrake 7.0 for i486. Michael
-- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 06:48 PM 01/25/2002 -0800, you wrote: >thanks for the reply. i didn't realize lm 8 was optimized for the 586 (newbie). i guess i'll use my older red hat 6.1. thanks. > >mike > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Nelson Bartley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:58 PM >Subject: Re: [newbie] trouble installing 8.0 > > >> Have you tried it with one of the smaller 2.2 kernels? I know there is a >> way to boot to the 2.2.19 based installer when using CD's. Is this >> posible when using floppies? Might be something to consider. >> >> My biggest question here is, is it really worth the time to try and >> install the i586 based LM 8.0 onto a 486? Doesn't that really defeat the >> purpose? >> >> NB >> >> On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 20:38, m!ke mcgranahan wrote: >> > i tried that... same result. thanks though >> > >> > any other suggestions? >> > >> > mike >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "FLYNN, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:32 PM >> > Subject: RE: [newbie] trouble installing 8.0 >> > >> > >> > > Use a etxt install. Hit F1 and select text for a text only install. >> > > >> > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > From: m!ke mcgranahan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 1:28 AM >> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > Subject: [newbie] trouble installing 8.0 >> > > > >> > > > i have an old dell 486/66, with 32mb of ram, 1.5gb of scsi hard drive >> > > > space. >> > > > >> > > > when i run the install (boot from floppy, to install from cd, with the >> > > > cdrom.img image located in the images directory) i get this: >> > > > >> > > > in second stage install >> > > > install exited abnormally =-( >> > > > >> > > > alt-f3 shows: >> > > > warning, ramdisk is not possible due to low mem >> > > > >> > > > is there any way around this? anyone know how to allow the install to >> > > > succeed? >> > > > >> > > > mike >> > > > >> > > > << File: message.footer >> >> > > >> > > >> > > ********************************************************************** >> > > This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named >> > > recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email >> > > the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or >> > > take/retain/distribute any copies. >> > > ********************************************************************** >> > > >> > > >> > > Norwich Union Life & Pensions Limited >> > > Registered Office 2 Rougier Street >> > > York YO90 1UU >> > > Registered in England Number 3253947 >> > > A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group >> > > which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. >> > > Member of the Association of British Insurers. >> > > >> > > For further Enquires 01603 622200 >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> > >> > >> > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > >> > >> > >> > ---- >> > >> >> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> >> >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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