Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

[Andy Goth]

> > Actually I've tried both the Mandrake and RedHat 6.0 installs and they do
> > the exact same thing and hang in the same place.  Plus I wouldn't think
> that
> > pentium optimizations would cause a hang on the install before anything
> > really happens.
> 
> If they both hang in the same place, that points to a different issue.
> Possibly an incompatibility with something in your PC.
> 
> Pentium optimizations also imply Pentium opcodes which don't exist on the
> 486. Any program compiled with a Pentium specific compiler could fail. I
> don't know which items in Mandrake are compiled specifically for Pentium,
> but I suspect probably all of them are. That would seem to be the easiest
> way, as it should only affect the make file.

While on the subject, how can I (or anyone else) obtain a version of
Mandrake-Linux that's compiled for a 486 (or some other processor)?