I have a 486 machine and am trying to install linux on it - I am finding that it won't recognize the CDrom to install it, also there is no selection in the bios to chose boot from cdr either..

I tried the boot floppies and all it does is stall.

Is there anyway to do this . that is not making me want to rip my hair out.

What I am trying to install is Red Hat 7.2 - The machine specs are 486 32 meg of ram, 2 gig HD.

Mine it is like this for anything I try to install on it - I dos'ent seem to regognize the CDrom - The only boot floppy that I founf that enables you to use it is the Win 98 boot disk.

This is probably a silly question, but did you donwload the correct iso?

You have to get the one compiled specifically for a 486 or it won't work.

[quote:c256b732f5][i:c256b732f5]Originally posted by craftyc [/i:c256b732f5]
[b]This is probably a silly question, but did you donwload the correct iso?

You have to get the one compiled specifically for a 486 or it won't work. [/quote:c256b732f5]

Hmmm .... That was a good question dude - It turns out that I don't - Where could I find one that is ???

Leech,

You can prob dl 7.2 right from RedHat themselves, or through a mirror via their site....Look here:

h**p://www.redhat.com/apps/download/

And if its 7.2 you want, try the advanced search located here:

h**p://www.redhat.com/apps/download/advanced_search.html

Hope this helps some....:)

/JD

[quote:875afdcde7][i:875afdcde7]Originally posted by JacKDynne [/i:875afdcde7]
[b]Leech,

You can prob dl 7.2 right from RedHat themselves, or through a mirror via their site....Look here:

h**p://www.redhat.com/apps/download/

And if its 7.2 you want, try the advanced search located here:

h**p://www.redhat.com/apps/download/advanced_search.html

Hope this helps some....:)

/JD [/quote:875afdcde7]

Thanx dude .... I have 7.2 already - that is what I was trying to install.

Ok Leech, I thought you were looking for somewhere to dl some iso's. :)

[quote:acf47b8d6a][i:acf47b8d6a]Originally posted by JacKDynne [/i:acf47b8d6a]
[b]Ok Leech, I thought you were looking for somewhere to dl some iso's. :) [/quote:acf47b8d6a]

Np dude - Thanx for the input :)

Sorry for the late reply, I completely forgot about this thread. :o .

For Mandrake Linux they have a download page with mirrors. It is grouped by architecture, so you can download for your specific architecure. Red Hat also has a similar feature. Find it at [link]http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html[/link]

Hope this helps.