this is prett much a dead thread.. actually it's like a thread i started with my second post! i eventually found it, i was just p*ssed at Windows and had a few problems with the Mandrake hardware detection for my Accton Chip on my eth0 card... also with my intel 810 chipset video, but it all works now! I lfs'd it! >
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org <
best move i ever made, well, short of actually converting to linux

!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanx anyway! later...
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Rabid
"u know, it used to be just another color to me, but MS has made me hate the color blue" :smash: "and that is truly sad."
"come to think of it, nested boxes turn me off now , too!?!"