hi larry, im responding to the list on this so that the others know you are not really the *troll* we thought you were ...
--- Larry Blodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 17:44:46 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Larry Blodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dianne, > > Thanks for your concern. > > I have an ECS motherboard with a standard RTL > ethernet pic card. The > system has operated successfully on 8.1 and the the > three beta > releases of 8.2. Believe it or not I do think > mandrake is one of the > best two distros. I have actually contributed to > the PPC version and > I am a long time paid member of the club. > > I guess I was little upset when the fresh install > took my whole > network down. i still dont see how a fresh install could bring a whole network down. i dont really see any logical explanation for this. im a network engineer. not so good but i know the basics. are you saying your whole network freezed ? meaning, all the others on your network were affected after installing mandrake 8.2? how is this server connected to the network? hubs? switch? > I would be amazed if a person was > not upset at taking > down a network. It has never happened before. I > have many machines > running 8.1 with good success and I consider > Mandrake to be excellent > quality. That is the reason it shocked me. yeah, you still didnt give us details of how the network went down. > > Another guy answer me off list and said the problem > maybe the expert > install and that he had trouble with it. i never had problems with my network when i install new distros. i dont think just installing ANY distro could bring down the network ... unless your card is faulty and *spamming* the network with unwanted packets. > I have > always expert > installed due to the special needs of the gcc > compiler. > > The only thing that makes this a special install is > the expert mode. > Beyond the install was quick and easy. The ethernet > card was > correctly recognized and everything seemed fine, > just as you would > expect and then the network crashed. I am going to > try a recommended > install on a small network. so, you were able to to install the distro and your network connection(just for this machine) crashed? im really confused whats the situation there. anyways, well be glad to help you if you can give more info. cheers, ===== This email is for the above named person/s only. Usual legal bullshit covering my own ass applies. Be prepared to get fucked if you dare misuse the above information. If you receive this message in error, your existence in this world must also be an error. Please go and die! You must not communicate this message to anybody else or I'll send my friends to look for you. Death to all stupid signatures! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/
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