Mandrake 8.2 Install help on 486
Jeff
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:18:57 -0700
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" <kevin_brown@qwest.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
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" <kevin_brown@qwest.net>
| > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
| > 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
| > | > --------------------
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