[Gllug] Wide eyed and innosent new members 21/10/02

[will]

Vincent AE Scott wrote:
> Chris Ball(chris at void.printf.net)@Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 01:59:23AM +0100:
> 
>>>>On 2002-10-13 00:11:34 +0100, Pete Ryland <pdr at pdr.cx> said:
>>>
>>   >> we have a 486 computer is that OK.
>>
>>   > a 486 is fine.  some more recent flashy graphical programs may
>>   > not work so well though, but none of those is necessary.
>>
>>I have it in my head that both Red Hat and Mandrake have stopped support
>>for sub-i586.  If this is confirmed (anyone?), whoever runs the install
>>might want to make sure they have a Debian CD set to hand, etc.
> 
> 
> MDK was always pentium or better.  it might run on a 486 or lesser, but
> dont be surprised if it doesnt.
> 

I had no luck getting RedHat or MDK to install on a 486.  I don't know if Debian 
will, but I guess it is more likely.

Will


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