damn... I guess that ends this thread.. hehe.. Thanks for trying anyways guys. Guess I'll go with Slackware... Since I know it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Brown" To: Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:02 PM Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.2 Install help on 486 | That won't fix the issue with the fact that the mandrake kernel and all the | software is for 586 and up. You will have to use a different distro. | | > Well I know that another distro will work on it. I got Slackware 8 on it. | > But I don't want to have to go through all of the configuration that that | > requires to get it working the way I want it to. That's why I want to know | > if someone knows how to change the default kernel on the mandrake install | > CD. It should be as simple (unless its compressed) as finding the kernel and | > replacing it and reburning the CD-- I would think anyways... | > | > Anyone else have anything to add? | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Kevin Brown" | > To: | > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:38 PM | > Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.2 Install help on 486 | > | > | Mandrake is optimized for Pentium (586) or better processors. I don't | > think it | > | will work on a 486. | > | | > | Try debian or RH or gentoo or a distro designed for use as a firewall | > | (smoothwall, esmith, etc...). | > | | > | > I've been inactive on the list for several months now. I had somehow | > gotten | > | > removed from it right around the same time that Cox moved to DHCP. | > | > Anyways... | > | > | > | > I'm having a slight problem. Here's a little background: | > | > | > | > I've been using Slackware since version 3.4. I have always loved it, but | > | > disliked all of the configuration and non "user-friendly" tasks it | > sometimes | > | > requires. Don't get me wrong, I like playing around with that kind of | > stuff | > | > and know what I'm doing, but I always knew it wouldn't be that hard to | > set | > | > up an install similar to windows that would detect all of your hardware | > and | > | > configure X for you and all that good stuff. I had heard good things | > about | > | > Mandrake from this list and other sources, so I downloaded the 3 isos, | > | > burned them and installed them. Worked great! It even detected my audigy | > | > card, which I had had so many problems trying to get to work in | > Slackware. | > | > It configured X for me, and even did the Cox DHCP thing wonderfully. I | > was | > | > installed, configured, on the net and completely ready to go in under an | > | > hour. I was very pleased. (oh! it even mounted all of my windows | > partitions | > | > for me and gave me icons on my desktop for the floppy, DVD Drive, and | > | > Burner!! That was something I had never gotten around to figuring out | > how to | > | > do in Slackware. I was getting really tired of typing mount commands in | > a | > | > console window whenever I wanted to use a CD) Needless to say, I think | > I've | > | > found a new Distro I'm going to stick with for a while. | > | > | > | > So, here's my problem: | > | > | > | > I have a friend who wants me to set up a firewall for him on his old | > 486. | > | > It's a Compaq 860 CDS with 16MB RAM, some type of built in video card (I | > | > haven't figured that one out yet cause it's not too big of a deal on a | > | > firewall), one 8 gig hard drive, a burner that I'm using for the CD-ROM | > (the | > | > original was SCSI coming from a SB16 ISA sound card - took that out real | > | > quick, a floppy, and two ISA NE2000 Compatible network cards (that's | > another | > | > problem I'm going to need to figure out, getting ISAPNP setup. I can't | > get | > | > into the bios for anything and it won't boot from the CD so I have to | > start | > | > with a floppy. The 486 doesn't have a math coprocessor. That part is the | > | > actual problem I'm having. | > | > | > | > I created a boot disk with Mandrake that just boots from the CD after | > | > reading the floppy. It reads the floppy, boots the CD, and loads the | > | > graphical selection screen to choose expert install and other options, | > or | > | > just doing the default install. At that point, no matter which one I | > choose, | > | > it uses a default kernel from the CD and is stopping right after | > detecting | > | > the 486 and says that there is no coprocessor detected and math | > emulation is | > | > not present. | > | > | > | > So does anyone know of a way to use the Mandrake CDs to install, but use | > a | > | > different default kernel than the one that's on the CD? I need to use | > one | > | > with the math emulation compiled into it. | > | > | > | > I don't care how I have to do it, but I want to get Mandrake 8.2 on this | > | > machine. (I'm hoping I haven't overlooked some "hardware requirement" | > thing | > | > that says Mandrake won't work with less than so much memory or has to | > have a | > | > certain processor. | > | > | > | > Where do I go from here? Did I leave any details out? | > | > | > | > -------------------- | > | > J e f f B a r k e r | > | > -------------------- | > | > ________________________________________________ | > | > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't | > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. | > | > | > | > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us | > | > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss | > | ________________________________________________ | > | See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't | > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. | > | | > | PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us | > | http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss | > | > ________________________________________________ | > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. | > | > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us | > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss | ________________________________________________ | See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. | | PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us | http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss