Hi Ka Wai TAM
I think you are out on a challange / maybe getting over your head on
this installation.
The machine (you have in mind) would not performe very well for MDK
8.x - Why don't you get the MDK 7.x - If you have a reconable "or
normal netcard" it will be detected.
Even if you would succeed in installing MDK 8 on this machine, the
performance would not give the user any good impression of the
system.
Dion
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mandrake
8.1 is supposed to be installable with 32Mb RAM, in text
> mode.
>
> I have a 486, and upgraded its memory to 32Mb specifically so I
> could
> install Mandrake. (The computer can't handle more than 32Mb.)
>
> I boot from the floppy and install from the CD-ROM. It recognizes
> the
> non-standard Sony CD-ROM 31a (thank you, thank you, Mandrake!), but
> then
> it says: not enough RAM for RAMdisk! ("Installation exiting
> abnormally.")
>
> Can anyone help me do a minimum text install for Mandrake in 32Mb
> RAM?
>
> I have a 500Mb hard drive (will happily upgrade if need be).
>
> I currently have RedHat Linux 5.1 installed, but I want to be able
> to use
> Mandrake's hardware autodetection. Specifically, I want it to
> detect the
> Ethernet card; right now my Linux box isn't hooked up to the
> Internet.
>
> Ka Wai TAM Shad 86W : EngSci 9T1 : PEng '93 : MEng '94 : MD '98 :
> CCFP '00
> ~{L7<RN0~} "Ni parolu per Esperanto!"
> http://www.shelluser.net/~kwtam
> Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] even if this email came from
> elsewhere.
>
>
>
> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
>
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