looking for old mandrake

[jmoore2001]

i have an old system (p1 200mhz, 128mb ram, 2 gb hdd) that im going to put linux on and everyone says to get an older version of mandrake, like 7.x or 8.x, so if anyone could provide me with links to the .iso's that would be great! thank.

[crouse]

TRY HERE: ftp://ftp.linuxforum.hu/mirror/Mandrake-old/iso/

hth's

[e980238]

YGPM

[nukes]

You're better off putting a new version of mandrake on, and just cutting out all the bloat and services. Failing that something like Slackware or Debian would do the trick.
Remember that the hardware detection has only really gotten good over the last few revisions of those distros, so if you're putting an old version on, all that will do is cause problems with any newwer software you want to run, and being RPM based, it would be hell to upgrade it.
My advice: Stick 9.1 on it, but don't install things like KDE/GNOME or any programs you're not going to use (such as all 5 office suites and a gizillion web browsers/news readers)

[e980238]

Originally posted by nukes
You're better off putting a new version of mandrake on, and just cutting out all the bloat and services. Failing that something like Slackware or Debian would do the trick.
Remember that the hardware detection has only really gotten good over the last few revisions of those distros, so if you're putting an old version on, all that will do is cause problems with any newwer software you want to run, and being RPM based, it would be hell to upgrade it.
My advice: Stick 9.1 on it, but don't install things like KDE/GNOME or any programs you're not going to use (such as all 5 office suites and a gizillion web browsers/news readers)

LOL,

Do what he says.

[nukes]

lol

[jmoore2001]

could you explain to me what kde and gnome are exactly?

[shawshank62]

linux noob talking....but they are the run environments...like the desktop..right?

[jmoore2001]

but why wouldn't i want them? don't i need them to run it?

[shawshank62]

you only really need 1. I use kde 3.1