Leonard den Ottolander wrote:
By the way, I also have a real i486, but I still need to check the hardware and get a decent-sized harddrive for it.
The problem with 486's is that it's quite annoying to use anaconda to install the system since 8.0. The missing i386 kernel will cause all packages to complain about missing depencies (ie the kernel) which will cause the install to take ages to complete. If you want to install on a 486 you'ld rather use another means of installation (rpm --root <mounted partition> -i $(cat packs) from a system with a compatible version of rpm).
Nope, that's what the RULE ISO image is made for. *grin* Look at http://www.rule-project.org/ - it was founded to use Red Hat Linux on platforms where Anaconda will no longer install the system.
Best regards, Martin Stricker