Re: [newbie] Unexpected Installation Failure
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 01:05:07 -0500 Bryan Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a K62-500 system on which I have installed several different Linux distros in the past (versions of SuSE and Mandrake). I had Mandrake 8.2 in the house and decided to put it on this system. The installer behaved very oddly when it reached package selection, and ultimately it did not work. I decided, OK, let's try SuSE 8.1. Same thing. Once it hit package selection, it failed. A little web searching seemed to indicate these later versions don't even work with K62. Mandrake had a patch on their site, but I could not get it to work even with the patch. Reading the SuSE box, I found in the hardware requirements, for AMD it only lists Duron, Athlon, Athlon XP and Athlon MP. The Mandrake site also said it would not work with Pentium I. In this case I installed Mandrake 8.1, and it worked great. I guess a K62 500 MHz is not very modern, but I would hardly consider it obsolete. It has plenty of pep for use in the office. Linux used to have an advantage for working with older hardware. It looks like that advantage is being lost. I have the same processor and had no problems with Mandrake 8.2 or 9.0 . HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Unexpected Installation Failure
Hell, I am running mandrake 9.0 on a couple of 233mmx machines, with 128 and 160Mb ram... neither is a speed king, but both are bearable.. in fact, the one with 160mb is also a samba server, a mail server, a web server a firewall and NAT server.. (on my home network) Its got an uptime of months and its even usable in KDE.. so I was impressed. 8.2 wasn't as fast... ram is important.. if you think you have enough, slap yourself around abit and then get some more.. rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frans Ketelaars Sent: Saturday, 14 December 2002 6:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Unexpected Installation Failure On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 01:05:07 -0500 Bryan Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a K62-500 system on which I have installed several different Linux distros in the past (versions of SuSE and Mandrake). I had Mandrake 8.2 in the house and decided to put it on this system. The installer behaved very oddly when it reached package selection, and ultimately it did not work. I decided, OK, let's try SuSE 8.1. Same thing. Once it hit package selection, it failed. A little web searching seemed to indicate these later versions don't even work with K62. Mandrake had a patch on their site, but I could not get it to work even with the patch. Reading the SuSE box, I found in the hardware requirements, for AMD it only lists Duron, Athlon, Athlon XP and Athlon MP. The Mandrake site also said it would not work with Pentium I. In this case I installed Mandrake 8.1, and it worked great. I guess a K62 500 MHz is not very modern, but I would hardly consider it obsolete. It has plenty of pep for use in the office. Linux used to have an advantage for working with older hardware. It looks like that advantage is being lost. I have the same processor and had no problems with Mandrake 8.2 or 9.0 . HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Unexpected Installation Failure
On Saturday 14 December 2002 05:02 am, you wrote: I have the same processor and had no problems with Mandrake 8.2 or 9.0 . HTH, -Frans 9.0 and 8.2 works great with my sons AMD K6-III @ 475mhz... (which ticks me off - I can't get 9.0 to work with my Athlon@900mhz!) -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Unexpected Installation Failure
I have the same cpu and 8.1 ,8.2 and 9.0 worked jst fine Greg Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 01:05:07 -0500 Bryan Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a K62-500 system on which I have installed several different Linux distros in the past (versions of SuSE and Mandrake). I had Mandrake 8.2 in the house and decided to put it on this system. The installer behaved very oddly when it reached package selection, and ultimately it did not work. I decided, OK, let's try SuSE 8.1. Same thing. Once it hit package selection, it failed. A little web searching seemed to indicate these later versions don't even work with K62. Mandrake had a patch on their site, but I could not get it to work even with the patch. Reading the SuSE box, I found in the hardware requirements, for AMD it only lists Duron, Athlon, Athlon XP and Athlon MP. The Mandrake site also said it would not work with Pentium I. In this case I installed Mandrake 8.1, and it worked great. I guess a K62 500 MHz is not very modern, but I would hardly consider it obsolete. It has plenty of pep for use in the office. Linux used to have an advantage for working with older hardware. It looks like that advantage is being lost. I have the same processor and had no problems with Mandrake 8.2 or 9.0 . HTH, -Frans -- Linux The Number one Os __ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
