That won't fix the issue with the fact that the mandrake kernel and all the software is for 586 and up. You will have to use a different distro. > Well I know that another distro will work on it. I got Slackware 8 on it. > But I don't want to have to go through all of the configuration that that > requires to get it working the way I want it to. That's why I want to know > if someone knows how to change the default kernel on the mandrake install > CD. It should be as simple (unless its compressed) as finding the kernel and > replacing it and reburning the CD-- I would think anyways... > > Anyone else have anything to add? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Brown" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 3:38 PM > Subject: Re: Mandrake 8.2 Install help on 486 > > | Mandrake is optimized for Pentium (586) or better processors. I don't > think it > | will work on a 486. > | > | Try debian or RH or gentoo or a distro designed for use as a firewall > | (smoothwall, esmith, etc...). > | > | > I've been inactive on the list for several months now. I had somehow > gotten > | > removed from it right around the same time that Cox moved to DHCP. > | > Anyways... > | > > | > I'm having a slight problem. Here's a little background: > | > > | > I've been using Slackware since version 3.4. I have always loved it, but > | > disliked all of the configuration and non "user-friendly" tasks it > sometimes > | > requires. Don't get me wrong, I like playing around with that kind of > stuff > | > and know what I'm doing, but I always knew it wouldn't be that hard to > set > | > up an install similar to windows that would detect all of your hardware > and > | > configure X for you and all that good stuff. I had heard good things > about > | > Mandrake from this list and other sources, so I downloaded the 3 isos, > | > burned them and installed them. Worked great! It even detected my audigy > | > card, which I had had so many problems trying to get to work in > Slackware. > | > It configured X for me, and even did the Cox DHCP thing wonderfully. I > was > | > installed, configured, on the net and completely ready to go in under an > | > hour. I was very pleased. (oh! it even mounted all of my windows > partitions > | > for me and gave me icons on my desktop for the floppy, DVD Drive, and > | > Burner!! That was something I had never gotten around to figuring out > how to > | > do in Slackware. I was getting really tired of typing mount commands in > a > | > console window whenever I wanted to use a CD) Needless to say, I think > I've > | > found a new Distro I'm going to stick with for a while. > | > > | > So, here's my problem: > | > > | > I have a friend who wants me to set up a firewall for him on his old > 486. > | > It's a Compaq 860 CDS with 16MB RAM, some type of built in video card (I > | > haven't figured that one out yet cause it's not too big of a deal on a > | > firewall), one 8 gig hard drive, a burner that I'm using for the CD-ROM > (the > | > original was SCSI coming from a SB16 ISA sound card - took that out real > | > quick, a floppy, and two ISA NE2000 Compatible network cards (that's > another > | > problem I'm going to need to figure out, getting ISAPNP setup. I can't > get > | > into the bios for anything and it won't boot from the CD so I have to > start > | > with a floppy. The 486 doesn't have a math coprocessor. That part is the > | > actual problem I'm having. > | > > | > I created a boot disk with Mandrake that just boots from the CD after > | > reading the floppy. It reads the floppy, boots the CD, and loads the > | > graphical selection screen to choose expert install and other options, > or > | > just doing the default install. At that point, no matter which one I > choose, > | > it uses a default kernel from the CD and is stopping right after > detecting > | > the 486 and says that there is no coprocessor detected and math > emulation is > | > not present. > | > > | > So does anyone know of a way to use the Mandrake CDs to install, but use > a > | > different default kernel than the one that's on the CD? I need to use > one > | > with the math emulation compiled into it. > | > > | > I don't care how I have to do it, but I want to get Mandrake 8.2 on this > | > machine. (I'm hoping I haven't overlooked some "hardware requirement" > thing > | > that says Mandrake won't work with less than so much memory or has to > have a > | > certain processor. > | > > | > Where do I go from here? Did I leave any details out? > | > > | > -------------------- > | > J e f f B a r k e r > | > -------------------- > | > ________________________________________________ > | > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > | > > | > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > | > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > | ________________________________________________ > | See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > | > | PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > | http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss