On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> I purchased a copy of Mandrake about 3 months ago.
>
> I successfully managed to install this on a PC whose BIOS supports CDROM boot.
>
> Recently I thought I'd put it onto an older PC. Spec:
> Cyrix 486 DLC 33 MHZ processor
> 8 MBytes DRAM
> Maths coprocessor (Weitek?)
> The external device controller is not built onto the motherboard. Plugs into an ISA
>slot.
> There is an external ISA Trident 1MB VGA video card.
>
There's your problem...this system probably is too ancient
for Mandrake. That's not a "real" 486.... that's a
"souped-up" 386. Trust me, I remember when those were the
cheap alternate upgrade route for people like me who
couldn't afford to spend $300 for a motherboard and CPU! :-)
John
