What Linux versions support Cyrix i686

[Linwire]

Hi everybody,
I am new to linux world, I have been trying to install Fedora Core 1 , but I always got this error msg "This version does not support your machine" or something like that, I did not know why was that error, and what was the reason....till I finally guessed its due to my processor Cyrix i686.
And now my question is , which Linux version to install that supports my cpu
Thanks for help

Note:I used Knoppix (Live CD) and it worked very fine for me

Joseph

[Dolda2000]

Well, if you're up to the task, I'd say Gentoo is always a good choice. Be prepared that the installation will take you a day or more, though. Apart from that, Gentoo's the best distro out there in my opinion. In any event, it will most certainly support your CPU.

Since you say that you're new to Linux, though, Gentoo might not be the best choice. Since FC1 didn't work, try FC3 first, and if that doesn't work, I guess something like Debian is a good choice to fall back on.

[drakebasher]

I have Fedora Core 1 on a Cyrix i686 with no problems on install. Do you have enough RAM? I think 125Mb is recommended for the GUI, but you can work with less. Anything else weird about your system? And finally, can you check the message and write back with what it actually says and what exactly you did leading up to getting the message, like: was it at initial boot, or did it start with some dialog, etc?

[Linwire]

Thanks for the replies ...
well I have
192 Rams
I was planning for dual booting with XP
I have 15 GB Fat32
500 MB >Swap
4.5 GB> / ext3
when I proceed to the Installation, and right before it begins , I get this error msg :

you are trying to install Linux on a machine which is not supported by linux.

I used "Disk Druid" for partaioning
Using the Textual console, I got these messages

CTRL+ALT+F1.................
1,2,3,4,5 X server started sucessfully.

(Anaconda :95) GTK-warning **: unknown tag 'style'
(Anaconda :95) GTK-warning **: unknown tag 'font'
(Anaconda :95) GTK-warning **: unknown tag 'pre'

CTRL+ALT+F2...............
-/bin/sh-2.0b#

CTRL+ALT+F3...............
depcbeck: package libgnomecanvas needs libd.so.2 (not provided)
depcbeck: package libgnomecanvas needs libm.so.6 (not provided)
depcbeck: package libgnomecanvas needs libm.so.6 (GLIBC-2.0) (not provided)
depcbeck: package libpthread needs libc.so.6 (not provided)
depcheck: package which needs libc.so.6 (not provided)
depcheck: package which needs libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.0) (not provided)
depcheck: package which needs libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.3) (not provided)
depcheck: package cpp news libc.so.6 (Glibc_2.0)(not provided)
depcheck: package cpp news libc.so.6 (Glibc_2.1)(not provided)
depcheck: package cpp news libc.so.6 (Glibc_2.2)(not provided)
Package audiofile needs /sbin/idconfig (not provided)
Package audiofile needs libc.so.6 (not provided)
Package audiofile needs libc.so.6 (Glbc_2.0)(not provided)
Package audiofile needs libc.so.6 (Glbc_2.1)(not provided)
Package audiofile needs libc.so.6 (Glbc_2.1.3)(not provided)
moving (1) to step confirminstall
moving (1) to step install
moving (1) to step enablefilesystem.
mounting filesystem
going to mount /temp/hdc10 on/mnt/sysimage
going to mount none on /mnt/sysimage/devpts
going to mount none on /mnt/sysimage/proc
moving (1) to step migratefilesystems
moving (1) to step setup
unable to set time zone
moving (1) to step preinstall config

Thanks all for your help

[drakebasher]

FWIW, here's the scoop on my Cyrix:
# cat /proc/cpuinfo:

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: CyrixInstead
cpu family	: 6
model		: 2
model name	: M II 3.5x Core/Bus Clock
stepping	: 8
cpu MHz		: 233.863
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 1
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu de tsc msr cx8 pge cmov mmx cyrix_arr tm2 est
bogomips	: 466.94

I booted to the install CD just now, just to make sure I didn't mis-remember: the X windows installation screen came up, no problem. Maybe you should try installing in text mode.

Just as a point of interest, dutchbrown has posted inquiring about best distro for his Cyrix 246 MHz (with 28 Mb RAM??!): http://linuxforums.org/forum/post-135276.html#135276