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by **Don Leg** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 into my computer. It had 1 partition
with dos, 28 megs memory, and a 2 speed propriatary cd rom. I can not get
linus to find the cd. is there a driver that I have to put in so that it
will find it so I can run the cd to do the install??

I replaced the cd with an ide drive, and now it will just sit at "running
install" and goes no further

Please Help
Newbie to Linux
Thanx

Don

by **Stanislaw Flatt** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 into my computer. It had 1 partition
> with dos, 28 megs memory, and a 2 speed propriatary cd rom. I can not get
> linus to find the cd. is there a driver that I have to put in so that it
> will find it so I can run the cd to do the install??

> I replaced the cd with an ide drive, and now it will just sit at "running
> install" and goes no further

> Please Help
> Newbie to Linux
> Thanx

> Don

Welcome Don!
If my memory serves, Mandrake is compiled to utilise hardware from
Pentium and up.
If your computer uses CPU which does not comply with those - bad luck!!
Other distributions run, at least the installation part, with kernels
compiled for i386 and higher CPU's. You install on anything from 386 up
and later compile for yourself a kernel to use the super-duper CPU that
sits in your box.
So get a real distro.(notice I don't mention names)
--
**Stanislaw & Slack 7.0 team**
Registered Linux User No 162760
******* How about You? *******

by **Stanislaw Flatt** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> I am trying to install Mandrake 6.0 into my computer. It had 1 partition
> with dos, 28 megs memory, and a 2 speed propriatary cd rom. I can not get
> linus to find the cd. is there a driver that I have to put in so that it
> will find it so I can run the cd to do the install??

> I replaced the cd with an ide drive, and now it will just sit at "running
> install" and goes no further

> Please Help
> Newbie to Linux
> Thanx

> Don

Welcome Don!
If my memory serves, Mandrake is compiled to utilise hardware from
Pentium and up.
If your computer uses CPU which does not comply with those - bad luck!!
Other distributions run, at least the installation part, with kernels
compiled for i386 and higher CPU's. You install on anything from 386 up
and later compile for yourself a kernel to use the super-duper CPU that
sits in your box.
So get a real distro.(notice I don't mention names)
--
**Stanislaw & Slack 7.0 team**
Registered Linux User No 162760
******* How about You? *******

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