Well guys, I got the new computer in today. Wow. I have to say, it is fast.
I loaded the 32 bit version of Fedora 9. As usual, I loaded all the programming stuff so that I could install new software. Everything seems to have gone well in this regard. What normally took 45 - 50 minutes was done in 15. I thought maybe I made a mistake somewhere and didn't install all that I should, but I checked the log, and it's all there.
I then found my first problem. The processor wasn't recognized by the mother board. Quick fix was to get the latest BIOS from ASUS, and it fixed that.
The motherboard comes with a CD for the Linux driver for the network card. Only one problem. The installer wants the header for the Kernel. Since I don't have the NIC working, I can't download the Kernel. So, I thought I'd get it from my other computer (the dell laptop here) and copy it over and install it. But the new computer said I have the wrong header file. I matched the number exactly, but no go. Oh well. I'll work on that later.
Then I went to the ASUS web site, where they will install the driver, but guess what, how do you install the driver off their web site if you can't get on line to down load it??? You can only get it either by building the module from files on the CD or go on line and down load it and install from their site. I'll ponder that one. I don't have a telephone modem, or yes, I'd do that.
So far though, I am showing all the memory correctly, the processors (dual core) are showing up right, the speed is stepping from 500 MHz through 3000 MHz. The SATA drive reports 120 MBPS throughput and the video is much sharper than I've ever seen on this monitor with either the old PC and Linux or when I first had XP-Pro on it.
Thanks to all you guys for your help in helping me make my decisions. If anyone here knows how to fix the NIC problem, I'm sure gonna be grateful.
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