Hi folks,

I'm installing Mandrake 10 on my old pentium 466 system. When first running the installation program the system hung on the line "Checking 'hlt' instruction". I managed to overcome this by starting up the installation process with the "linux nohlt" command. Unfortunately the problem didn't go away - when I boot up my Linux box it hangs on exactly the same spot. I can enter the system with the command "rescue no-hlt" but I don't know what to do once I am inside... Could some kind soul please tell me what the problem might be, and how to fix it. This is my first Linux box so I'm a bit unsure about what I'm doing (working as a 'normal' user under a Unix system isn't new to me, though).

Thanks in advance,

Zup

Eh I believe that Mandrake is compiled for the i586 as a minimum.

There is a release for earlier processors.

Have you installed the 386 release?

Ah, ok...of course...no, I did install the i586-release (didn't think at all, just grabbed the closest one). I'll gice the other release a shot, ty ever so much!