[expert] Mandrake 8.1 On Older Hardware
Hi all, I'm just wondering if anyone can give me any tips on installing Mandrake 8.1 on older hardware. I acquire a lot of Pentium I boxen, that I like to attack with Linux, and have recently been having trouble installing Mandrake 8.1 on machines with less than 64Mb of RAM, and the like. Generally, my machines only run minimal window managers and aren't subject to a heavy workload. However, I have been having difficulties trying to setup a new Internet gateway for my local network, running into segmentation faults in the installer, and whatnot. So, if someone could offer any assistance, I would be *most* appreciative. Thanks in advance. Regards, -- Ashley Reynolds - [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 On Older Hardware
Ashley, Two suggestions. One when the intial screen comes up press f1 for more options and chose the text installer. This requires a lot less ram. If it's a really low memory device (less than around 32 megs) you might want to check out the RULE project at http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/rule/index.html they are working on an installer to install up2date linux down to 8megs in size. James On Sun, 24 Feb 2002 17:33:48 +0800 (WST) Ashley Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm just wondering if anyone can give me any tips on installing Mandrake 8.1 on older hardware. I acquire a lot of Pentium I boxen, that I like to attack with Linux, and have recently been having trouble installing Mandrake 8.1 on machines with less than 64Mb of RAM, and the like. Generally, my machines only run minimal window managers and aren't subject to a heavy workload. However, I have been having difficulties trying to setup a new Internet gateway for my local network, running into segmentation faults in the installer, and whatnot. So, if someone could offer any assistance, I would be *most* appreciative. Thanks in advance. Regards, -- Ashley Reynolds - [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 On Older Hardware
On Sunday 24 February 2002 04:33 am, you wrote: Hi all, I'm just wondering if anyone can give me any tips on installing Mandrake 8.1 on older hardware. I acquire a lot of Pentium I boxen, that I like to attack with Linux, and have recently been having trouble installing Mandrake 8.1 on machines with less than 64Mb of RAM, and the like. If they are all similar, do an install on one machine (add ram temporarily) and configure it properly (or pull the drive, mount it in a machine that can do an install and move it back). Then you can boot the other machines from a floopy-based distro like tomsrtbt, set up partitions and whatnot, clone original install over the network. Or, use mkCDrec (http://mkcdrec.ota.be/) to create a CD-based clone and install it on the other machines. This would be my choice for a lot of boxes conigured the same way, especially with CD burners in the US$100 range. -- Hoyt http://www.maximumhoyt.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
