RE: [newbie] RPMs (?)

1999-08-06 Thread Noonan, Mr Sean P.
Not to beat a dead a horse, but http://www.linux.org/dist/english.html , which is their English-Language Linux Distributions page, also clearly states: "It [Mandrake] actually runs on all Intel and compatibles [sic] architectures (486, Pentium, Pentium Pro

RE: [newbie] RPMs (?)

1999-08-05 Thread Noonan, Mr Sean P.
ay, August 05, 1999 11:49 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: [newbie] RPMs (?) On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Noonan, Mr Sean P. wrote: > I just purchased and installed Mandrake 6.0 and clicked on the "updates&qu

RE: [newbie] RPMs (?)

1999-08-05 Thread Noonan, Mr Sean P.
less that a 586... all of the packages are optimized for the pentium architechture. It would occur to me that MandrakeSoft Tech support should have probably asked that right up front. "Noonan, Mr Sean P." wrote:

[newbie] RPMs (?)

1999-08-05 Thread Noonan, Mr Sean P.
I bought Mandrake-Linux so that I could get help if I ran into a stumbling block. I'm pretty much a newbie to the UNIX world with only a few months of FreeBSD experience under my belt. I therefore decided to PURCHASE Mandrake instead of downloading for free so that I could ask a question if some