TopDog Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 A couple of weeks ago I got my hands on an old laptop (366Mhz,128RAM) with NT workstation on. I thought I'd install Mandrake on it and use it as a surfing-station with my WLAN. Well, it booted on the Mandrake disk 1, but after a while it suddenly says that my CDROM isn't bootable. I know this isn't true because I tried Knoppix on it first... I tried MandrakeMove, same result, CDROM not bootable. So I gave up the idea for a while, then I decided to try Fedora. Downloaded, burned CD's and booted. Those worked fine, and I've now been using Fedora for two weeks with my WLAN(AmbiCom WLAN card) B) . I still miss some Mandrake features, but it runs fine. Anyone know why I couldn't install Mandrake? And do you think Mandrake would run better or worse on my setup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 did you check you md5sums of the Disk1? Have you tried SUSE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDog Posted January 21, 2004 Author Share Posted January 21, 2004 did you check you md5sums of the Disk1? Høh? I used the same disk's when installing Mandrake 9.2 on my desktop and on VMware at work. Are you saying SuSE is better than Fedora on a low spec laptop? I only have a WLAN-card on it, so I suspect the ftp-install will be difficult? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Sometimes Disk 1 burns bad. If you have used it before and it worked then Im not sure. Looking at your computer specs again SUSE many be a bit much. Wont hurt to try though. The ftp install is not hard, jusy know your NIC module. Of course a must is a broad band connection. Check the downloads section above also..... or Try PCLinuxOS its beta but it still rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDog Posted January 21, 2004 Author Share Posted January 21, 2004 Well, Fedora works really well on it, so if I can't find out what stops the Mandrake install, I'll keep the Fedora. Thanks for the tips though! Just out of curiosity: I have a 1,5Mbit line, approximately how long will a SuSE install take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 (edited) Not to sure. I started the install and went to bed the first time. Figure about 1.5gb download. (give or take) depens I guess on what you want to install. By the way did you check out the "Downloads" button above? (top of Forum) then click "Misc" folder... :D Edited January 21, 2004 by ac_dispatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_dispatcher Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 By the way I tried Fedora with no luck. When it get to the "transfering hd image" it tells me not enough hd space on a 15gb partition. It worked good on my AMD800 Desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopDog Posted January 21, 2004 Author Share Posted January 21, 2004 By the way did you check out the "Downloads" button above? (top of Forum) then click "Misc" folder... Hey :-) Is that legal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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