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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