[expert] Mandrake 8.1 On Older Hardware

2002-02-24 Thread Ashley Reynolds
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.

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 On Older Hardware

2002-02-24 Thread James
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

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 On Older Hardware

2002-02-24 Thread Hoyt
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