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

[michael norman]

On Wednesday 23 October 2002 11:42, will wrote:
> 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
Never actually tried it but SuSE probably will if you run one of the minimal 
wms if you need X

Mike

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