Mandrake definately is designed for pentiums up.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake-old/8.1/i586/

<quote>
2. Installing

   See the install.htm file.

   IMPORTANT COMPATIBILITY NOTE:

   Mandrake is built with CPU speed optimizations for Pentium-class
   (Pentium(tm) and compatibles, AMD K6, Cyrix M2, PIII...) so it WILL
   NOT RUN on older i386 and i486 based computers. However, a special
   version compiled for those CPUs will be available for download from
   our servers and on cheap CD-Roms.
</quote>

On Sun, 19 May 2002 09:30, Alexandre Barra wrote:
> Does anyone confirm that? A friend of mine told me yesterday that Mandrake
> 8.2 can be run under PC486 DX-4 100 MHz.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
> At 14:16 17/05/02 +0100, you wrote:
> >As far as I am aware Mandrake 8.1 upwards will only run on Pentium 1's and
> >upwards..no support for 286/386/486. Same applies to RH
> >
> >Please correct me if I'm wrong
> >
> >FreeBSD will still run from 386 upwards.
> >
> >:o)
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: 17 May 2002 12:57 PM
> >Subject: [newbie] hardware requirements
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I couldn't find at Mandrake's website what are mininum hardware
> >requirements for 8.2 version install. Does anyone know that?
> >
> >I have an 486DX-4 100 MHz with 32 Mb RAM that I want to get back to life.
> >Besides that OS, I'll install on it StarOffice 5.2 only.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Alex

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