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 ]

This thread I think is probably a related tech. issue, but went on a different post.
I hope it continues getting informative answers to an overlooked scenario, often taken for granted.
The moral still *is*, a punters P.C. system built to run the punting programs without the clutter that often messes a PC with third party software, forced advertising nit-bits thru browsing, often ending up in the PC sytem, by stealth,ignorance or simply lack of knowledge.

http://www.propun.com.au/forums/vie...ic=5061&forum=7

Hi Crash,
regarding IAS, They are under attack from some crazed yank sending repeated requests to their website. It's some disgruntled sports punter and he's bombarding the site day and night. Don't fool too much with your settings, it's likely the cause is at their end.
Cheers

Don't know about you lot, but I was a bit confused by all this computer talk, till I found this information on the net. Thought I'd share :wink:



BIT - A word used to describe computers, as in "Our son's computer cost quite a bit."


BOOT - What your friends give you because you spend too much time bragging about your computer skills.


BUG - What your eyes do after you stare at the tiny green computer screen for more than 15 minutes. Also: what computer magazine companies do to you after they get your name on their mailing list.


CHIPS - The fattening, non-nutritional food computer users eat to avoid having to leave their keyboards for meals.


COPY - What you're kid has to do during school tests because he/she spends too much time at the computer and not enough time studying.


CURSOR - What you turn into when you can't get your computer to perform, as in "You $#% computer!"


DISK - What goes out in your back after bending over a computer keyboard for seven hours at a clip.


DUMP - The place all your former hobbies wind up soon after you install your computer.


ERROR - What you made the first time you walked into a computer showroom to "just look."


EXPANSION UNIT - The new room you have to build on to your home to house your computer and all its peripherals.


FILE - What your secretary can now do to her nails six and a half hours a day, now that the computer does her day's work in 30 minutes.


FLOPPY - The condition of a constant computer user's stomach due to lack of exercise and a steady diet of junk food (see Chips).


HARDWARE - Tools, such as lawnmowers, rakes and other heavy equipment you haven't laid a finger on since getting your computer.


IBM - The kind of missile your family members and friends would like to drop on your computer so you'll pay attention to them again.


MENU - What you'll never see again after buying a computer because you'll be too poor to eat in a restaurant.



PROGRAMS - Those things you used to look at on your television before you hooked your computer up to it.


RETURN - What lots of people do with their computers after only a week and a half.


TERMINAL - A place where you can find buses, trains and really good deals on hot computers.


WINDOW - What you heave the computer out of after you accidentally erasing a program that took you three days to set up.




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[ This Message was edited by: Paddy on 2004-01-16 15:11 ]

Ahh yes Paddy, I hear them old phrases in the echos of time and memory....

5 cents, woops, "sixpence of chips please"

:smile: