Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

[Joseph S. Gardner]

Andrew Mitchell wrote:

> I've got an old 486 here that my friend wants to use as a
> firewall/proxy, but I can't install either mandrake or redhat on it due
> to the lack of ram (8mb) and it being a 486. On both, it stops at
> loading 2nd stage ramdisk. It's quite screwed, at least for windoze use,
> since it'll only boot with the hard drive set to slave, so I can't
> install a UMSDOS-based floppy distro. Does anyone have any suggestions
> as to what can be installed or what I can do to get mandrake onto it?
>
> ps: I sent a message to the newbie list, and it appeared on the
> archives, but I haven't got any msgs from the list since yesterday, even
> tho i know there are some there.
>
> Andrew Mitchell

Add the RAM.  It's cheap.  Your only problem might be an old BIOS that'll
have to be updated.


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