Actually, Joseph has a much better handle here. I hot buttoned on the aol because of history I have had with people recovering from aol addiction and learning how hard it was to clean up their systems to make em work normally. I should have done a better read of your email and not given the response I did (even if it is valid, it is not related to your probelms with various distros). I apologize to the group :) On 7/15/07, Joseph Sinclair wrote: > > If that's your idea of a Volkswagen computer, I'm slightly scared to see > what a Ferrari would be 8} > > My system runs straight SATA hard drives on an Athlon64 and hasn't had a > system-related problem since I built it. > > From your description, I'd guess 3 divergent problems are present: > A) You can only install one distro, and only in 32-bit mode > 1) There may not be any Free drivers for your ASUS SLI motherboard > (look at places like LinuxCompatible.org) > 2) There may not be any Free drivers for your Pioneer SATA DVD > drive (have you tried with a different, perhaps IDE, DVD drive) > 3) The Motherboard might not like the memory (or vice-versa), try > adjusting timing parameters in BIOS or running a BIOS memcheck > 4) Your motherboard may have a "Trusted Computing Module" enabled > (these things always screw up the whole system in weird ways, Windows has > "special" bits to make it work "correctly") See if you have an option to > disable this "feature" if it's present (it will be a jumper setting, if the > option exists at all). > B) You have trouble connecting to some, but not other, Internet sites > 1) Qwest, or AOL, or some other intermediary is providing bad DNS > and/or blocking ports > 2) You have bad data in local preferences (are you using a new > homedir? Have you tried creating a fresh new user account to test > Internet?) > 3) There is some sort of malware between you and your favorite > sites (check routers, etc...) > 4) Your router and/or ADSL modem is broken or in a borked state, > try resetting both to factory default (warning, resetting these may require > a call to Qwest service to re-provision the modem) > C) Not mentioned as a problem, but you cannot easily transfer files > between Linux and XP > 1) Create, on the XP drive, a small FAT32 partition (2-5G should > be adequate) by using gparted to shrink the XP partition > 2) Mount the FAT32 partition in Linux (add to /etc/fstab so it's > always mounted) as something like /media/XPTransfers > > Hope that helps. > ==Joseph++ > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. - George F. Will