On Monday 31 December 2001 11:11, you wrote: > Michael Viron wrote: > >If it is a Pentium or above, you'll be able to install Mandrake. If it's > > a 486, you'll still be able to install Mandrake 7.0 for i486 (although > > that might be a bit sluggish). > > > >Michael > > > >-- > >Michael Viron > >Registered Linux User #81978 > >Senior Systems & Administration Consultant > >Web Spinners, University of West Florida > > > >At 07:07 AM 12/31/2001 -0800, you wrote: > > > >I have a 3 year old computer that is an NEC and it has a motherboard with > > a really old BIOS ( I don't know its name ) And it has about 64 megabytes > > of ram and a voodoo 3 or 4 video card and plug and play card with > > microphone, sound, phone port and another card that is an Ethernet card, > > will I be able to install mandrake or red hat on it?
If it's a P133 or above, mdk 7.1 or 7.2 will be fine. If it's a 200 or above,mdk8 will work o.k. (but you could use more ram for that). If it's an older, slower machine, I'd go with the 486 version of mdk 7.0 (which I've not used, btw) or one of the RedHat 6.x versions (which I do use). With a Voodoo, I'd lean towards mdk 7.2 on any machine between P133 and P200. Check the compatibility lists to see about support for your brand of ethernet (I've never found an ethernet card that won't work) and sound (some sound cards aren't supported). jmo, but I put linux on old computers all the time, and those are my rules. e.
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