Shaun,
I was trying to set up a gateway'

http://clarkconnect.org/

Have used it before and is easy to understand to configure where it says "block this and block that" etc.

Have another F/wall, smoothwall,it's ok, but dont understand it. There is no, "fill in the spaces", it's all Linux lingo and I just dont have time to learn this stuff right now.

anyway;
The iso image comes up ok with the md5summer.
But halfway thru the install, it crashes and the error report says it's media related.
I have burnt now 7 CD's trying to figure out since Sunday, there is a difference in copying and burning iso images.
I did not know.
So got past that stage,
Got past the root password stage, and then after the ip number stage, it crashes.

Conclusion:
Because it is a old Aptiva, the CD and floppy is on a console seperate from the box, joined by a large cable.
So I figure now to ditch the Aptiva. Was told the Aptiva motherboard might be a problem and does not support Linux too well anyway.
Out of shear frustration and nothing else, I figured I am not going to waste anymore time asking the experts on their turf, meaniing, when one goes to the appropiate forums (thier turf), it is not well understood, that we as punters probably don't understand the pc jargon replies.
I am sure there are many feel the same way.


One more thing, the download for the Clark Connect iso takes 4 hours on ADSL.
Did it twice to make sure about the md5summer!
(md5summer checks if the 4 hour download was fully downloaded)
Both 1st and 2nd downloads were ok anyway.




[ This Message was edited by: puntz on 2004-01-15 22:50 ]