Re: [newbie] Mandrake 6.0 install continually hangs

[Bert Bullough]

try ftp.linux-madrake.com

Andy Goth 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.
> >
> > 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)?