Install question.

[Andrea 'Fyre Wyzard' Bocci]

Easiet thing would be to download and install pre-built mandrake packages.

I've had a look at speakeasy.rpmfind.net, where searching for gcc 3.1 
yelded these results:
<http://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gcc&system=mandrake&arch=i586>.

I don't know how "stable" these releases are, but the last 3.1 
(gcc-3.1-1mdk) should be ok to use.
IIRC, you need separate packages for java, fortran and C++.

I think you need at least
gcc: 
<ftp://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/gcc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm>
libgcc3.1: 
<ftp://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/libgcc3.1-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm>
and the latest binutils: 
<ftp://speakeasy.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/binutils-2.12.90.0.7-4mdk.i586.rpm>
for a minimal running system.

.fw.