At 11/27/2000 06:53, you wrote:
>I got Mandrake 6 from a friend to install it on an old system. He figured
>it would work.
>
>I'm talking about an :
>I486 40DX, upgraded with an Evergreen overdrive to 120MHz, and 32 MB RAM
>Hard disk of 500 MB (bios doesn't support any larger drives)
>Trident 8900 video card
>two NE2000 compatible (by configuration) Network cards
>(I can provide more details if needed)
>
>Sadly but true, the damn thing got hanging at a certain point in the boot
>process.
>
>I want to set up a firewall on it, figuring that Linux provides the
>necessary power and security to the system. That's why there are 2 net
>cards in it: when I get connected to the Internet by cable, I put this
>baby between Internet and my home network.
>
>I'm new to Linux, allthough I tried several times to make the switch to it
>(Red Hat 5). Lack of time made me quit and get on (DON'T SHOOT) with
>Windows <everything>.
>
>I want this thing getting started, so all help is welcome
>
>Thanks,
>Jurian Blok
>Teutenweg 37
>3920 Lommel
>Belgium
>Tel/Fax +32-11-55 25 73
>GSM +32-477-89 02 07
Jurian,
I think the Evergreen upgrade is inserting its BIOS at 15M and this is
causing the boot hang. If all you want is a firewall 16MB memory will do
just fine. You will not be able to run Gnome or KDE with any speed so you
will have to do all of your work in command line mode. Get Mandrake 7.0
486ISO and ask lots of questions here about setting it up.
Jerry
