[newbie] good 486 distr? (was: trouble installing 8.0)
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
Re: [newbie] good 486 distr? (was: trouble installing 8.0)
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] good 486 distr? (was: trouble installing 8.0)
On Friday 25 January 2002 06:48 pm, you wrote: Mandrake has a 486 and a 386 version as well! Look on the website...It's there. Steve Weltman 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 _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
