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Old 03-20-2005, 05:47 PM   #1
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Question Will Mandrake run on this computer. Please?


Hello. I want to give Mandrake Linux 10.0 a try on another computer of mine. Will Mandrake be able to run on a Pentium 2, 383 MB of RAM, CD ROM drive, no floppy disk drive, and a 3229 MB/3 GB drive? Thanks.
 
Old 03-20-2005, 05:55 PM   #2
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Re: Will Mandrake run on this computer. Please?

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Hello. I want to give Mandrake Linux 10.0 a try on another computer of mine. Will Mandrake be able to run on a Pentium 2, 383 MB of RAM, CD ROM drive, no floppy disk drive, and a 3229 MB/3 GB drive? Thanks.
Does the system boot any CD's?

If not, change the BIOS so the CD is the first boot device. If you don't know how, I might be able to instruct you from the forum if I know what kind of system or BIOS you have.

Is the Mandrake 10.0 version you have a bootable CD? Some versions of 10.0 are not.

Floppy drives are cheap these days.... why doesn't it have a floppy drive?


http://www.mandrakesoft.com/support
 
Old 03-20-2005, 05:56 PM   #3
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Sure,
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/10.1/features/13.php3
 
Old 03-20-2005, 06:03 PM   #4
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Yeah, computer boots to a CD. I don't use floppies anymore, I now use flash drives. Do I really need floppies to install Mandrake? And where can I download Mandrake 10.0 Official, to ensure they are bootable? Thanks for the quick reply.
 
Old 03-20-2005, 09:30 PM   #5
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I would say any MDK ISO you download the CDs will be bootable.

There are lots of sites, Here is one. www.linuxios.org
 
  


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