Nice 'cobbled box' :)

Are you sure your issue isn't with DNS?  Try installing a caching name 
server on the box to see if that helps.
Also if you're on Qwest MSN it may be a problem with DHCP releases.  See 
if a cronjob every 5 minutes connecting somewhere on the internet 
resolves your issue.
Are your sata and network card on the same IRQ?

Robert N. Eaton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After having tried to upgrade my previous box unsuccessfully, I cobbled 
> up a new one:
>
>     Athlon 64 X2 5600+
>     ASUS M2N322 SLI Deluxe MB
>     2GB Corsair xms2dhx memory
>     PNY NVIDIA GeForce8500w video card
>     160 GB hd for WinXP
>     300GB hd for Linux
>     Pioneer SATA DVR-212D dvd/cd writer/    
>     Ultra XBlaster atx mid tower case/Ultra 700W Power Supply
>
> OK, so I can't afford a Ferrari.  I'm neither an over-clocker nor a 
> gamer.  This combo runs cool and quiet, and seems solid. It's also 
> pretty quick.
>
> The only distro I've been able to load successfully is 32bit
> fedora Core 6. Both Kubuntus choked and went into kernel panic, refusing 
> to install. Xandros declined the honor. Fedora 7 seemed to install 
> correctly but hosed the MBR and I could neither access WinXP nor Fedora 7.
>
> I'm still have the problem of Linux being unfriendly with the internet 
> and not recognizing my email provider. Firefox connects readily enough 
> with userfriendly.org, one of my favorite sites. But it won't connect to 
> the links  in UF's LOTD (Link Of The Day.) It times out trying to 
> connect to Google and Bankofamerica.com. Thunderbird and Email 
> steadfastly refuses to recognize my account at aol.com. (This is why I'm 
> writing to you under WinXP. Please don't ask for long printouts from 
> various features in Fedora. I haven't yet found a way to trf files from 
> Linux to WinXP.  (The other way round I can manage .))
>
> Is it that Linux doesn't play well with SATA ? (Not SATA RAID, just SATA 
> hdds and DVD-ROM's.) Is it that Linux doesn't play well with Qwest ADSL? 
> That doesn't seem to be it, for it worked perfectly before my old box 
> started to flake out. Is it the combination of SATA _and_ ADSL?
>
> I'm getting discouraged.  I _like_ Linux-in-general. I _don't_ like what 
> it's doing (or failing to do) right now.
>
> Bob Eaton
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