[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Installing SuSe 6.4

Jay Urish j at dalwan.net
Wed Aug 9 14:09:49 CDT 2000


At 11:27 AM 8/9/00 , you wrote:
>         Mandrake is not RedHat.  All the packages are optimized for 586.  The
>only reason I use Mandrake is that it is not RedHat.  Why would one
>asssume that Mandrake is the same?

It is 100% based on redhat.
the dir structure is the same.

BTW** I have run both and Love Mandrake.


>I have a redhat install that runs on a 386.
>
>DrakFunn..
>
>MadHat wrote:
> >
> > "Admiral Michael H. Collins" wrote:
> > >
> > > AFAIK Mandrake will not run on a 486.
> > >
> >
> > I know RedHat will, at least up to 6.0, so Mandrake should as well,
> > unless they are using a i686 kernel for the install...  I have RH
> > running on an old notebook that is a 486dx4 75MHz.
> >
> > --
> > MadHat at unspecific.com
> >                                    "The 3 great virtues of a programmer:
> >                                       Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris."
> >                                                  --Larry Wall
> >
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Jay Urish
Network Engineer - Dallas Wide Area Networking L.L.C
www.dalwan.net





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