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,




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