Mandrake 6 is optimized for Pentiums and above < that includes the clones > if
you have a 486 your best bet would be an older version of RedHat or one of the
other less processor-heavy *nix flavors like slackware
Colin Eddy wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> >What kind of a processor _do_ you have? If you don't have a Pentium,
> >what is it supposed to do when it received an unrecognized opcode? Some
> >processors just stop working. Others call some bad-opcode-handler
> >interrupt. Even if your processor calls an exception interrupt, the
> >setup may not have made it do anything besides hang the computer.
> >
>
> I am using a 486DX2/66 for this. I have read all the Mandrake and RedHat
> documentation/hardware compatibility lists and they both say that anything
> Intel above a i386 are fully supported. Although on another list, Mandrake
> says all Intel and compatibles, but they only specifically list Pentiums and
> above. Both distributions apparently now give you the option during the
> install process to choose the type of prebuilt kernel you want to install.
> At this point I could see how if I chose a pentium kernel instead of a 486
> one I would have a problem. Since I don't even begin the install before it
> hangs, this should not be the problem. The kernel running from the boot
> disk should be a completely backwards compatible 386 kernel or else they
> should not/could not claim to support the older processors like they do in
> their documentation.
>
> As far as other hardware related issues, since I'm already running RedHat
> 5.0 with absolutely no problems, the only issue would be if the newer
> distributions decided to no longer work with my hardware which I haven't
> read anything about anywhere. All my relevant hardware seems to be on the
> lists anyway.
>
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