Mandrake & old 286 PC 1

[eyec]

have decided to explore Linux and had this old box laying around.

so, what version of Mandrake (or i think it is the Linux kernal) can i use on it?

TIA

 

[Kozusnik]

What are the specs of the machine? RAM and HDD.

Mark

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[stefanwagner]

Not on a 286.

No linux will work on a 286.
You need at least a 386, but for a recent, popular distribution you should try to get something with 256 MB RAM.

MB, not KB.

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[eyec]

thanks for the info. guess i will just have to chuck the 286 & load up my spare 486 laptop.

 

[JaquiG]

Mandriva { was Mandrake } will not run on anything less than a pentium class cpu, that is a choice they made. [ i586 is pentium only ]
if you want to use the 486, red hat's fedora core or debian would be better options.



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