RH7.3 on 486

[John Longland]

Thanks for the comment Matthew.
Will have a look.

Best !
John

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Matthew Saltzman
> Sent: 15 July 2004 08:16
> To: johnl at im-systems.com; General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: RH7.3 on 486
> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, John Longland wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone got some experience getting RH on a 486-DX2-50.
> > All slots are ISA bus. 32 M memory.
> 
> To get RH7.3 working on my 486 Thinkpad firewall, I had to use the
> RULE-project loader.  There was a bug in anaconda that 
> prevented at least
> some 486 systems from starting the installer--Red Hat no 
> longer supported
> 486 from 7.3 on.  Check the RULE site at www.rule-project.org.
> 
> Also, my machine does not have a CD-ROM, so I ended up doing 
> a floppy boot
> and a network install.  Once the installer booted it was all 
> smooth from
> there.
> 
> -- 
> 		Matthew Saltzman
> 
> Clemson University Math Sciences
> mjs AT clemson DOT edu
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