Mandrake has produced i386 versions for previous releases, and I suppose they may do so for 8.2, but it gets harder each time. In theory there's nothing to stop you compiling the whole distribution from source, but of course doing that on a 486 would take forever, not to mention a larger hard disk than a 486 would have.
As for Star Office, Carroll's right; in fact she's understating. Running it on aything less than a 300MHz processor and 128MB RAM would try most people's patience, and to get the kind of speed you'd be used to with, say, MS Office, you probably want twice that. 100MHz and 32MB is possible if you're patient, but don't use SO5.2, which was the slowest, most bloated thing they ever produced. OpenOffice 1.0 should work, though you might consider making coffee while it loads. If you also have a newer, faster computer, you might consider setting up your 486 as dumb-but-not-totally-moronic terminal. OpenOffice uses a kind of client-server model, so I think you could have your main installation on your big fast machine, then install the client-side stuff on your 486. Sir Robin On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 19:10, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Alex: > Take a look at RedHat -- they supported 486's through 7.1, and may still do > so in their current version (7.3). I'm still dubious about StarOffice; > version 6.0 requires a Pentium with at least 64 mb RAM. > > You didn't mention your hard drive. IIRC, 486's were quite limited (540 mb > maximum?). That is probably sufficient for a text-only installation, but it > will take some discipline. > > I'm sorry to be a wet blanket, and perhaps you'll succeed, but it's going to > take a lot of effort on your part. I had a 486DX4-120 system for a long time, > and it was the most stable I've ever had -- even though I was running Windows > 3.11 on it. I replaced it about four years ago, and gave the motherboard to a > friend at work; he ran it for another two years. > > -- cmg > > > On Sunday 19 May 2002 01:12 am, I wrote: > > Alex: > > He's mistaken. The 8.2 PowerPack carton specifies that Pentium, Pentium > > compatibles or AMD processors are required. This is because the binary code > > contains instructions that a 486 cannot understand and therefore cannot > > execute. As suggested below, there are some Linux distributions that will > > run on a 486, but Mandrake dropped support for them several years ago. > > > > You've got another problem, too. While it is possible to run in text mode > > with only 32 mb of RAM, you will not be able to run any graphical programs, > > particularly Star Office. I believe that it is possible to work with as > > little as 64 mb, although Mandrake recommends 128 mb. > > > > -- cmg > > > > On Saturday 18 May 2002 05:30 pm, you 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 > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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