User Feedback :: my dsl experience



Thanks..some confirmations and new info...for this odd happening..
.I thought of over heating..the machine was off for a day..
the dx2 chip should not need a fan but it has one, spare part
..the fan on the power supply is working.
..I checked to see if the ram was seated.
.and I deleted the partitions and made two..one for each drive..hda1 is a 420m boot..hdc1 is 260m swap.
I mke2fs on both mkswap and swap on.
.after the freeze I did a fsck and e2fsck thinking about bad sectors..I did use opera during original tests but had to use firefox to download. so if it was designed for 586 it worked on the 486 many times.
.this is not likely a dsl issue..I used the same cd and floppy to load on another machine.
.is it possible that the chip is worn out?will try another chip..recheck all and reinstall
I am useing a two button mouse..changed with that in mind.
just strange...THANKS..appreciate the ideas and confirmations
To sum up..I reinstalled and load myadds..I decided to not install eboard as although it could play a game was slow and had install issues. did not install xsaver as although it ran it gave an error deamon did not start properly. did not install dict-gcide as it was just to much bother to redownload. this last install is the same as detailed in my original post with the exception of those I chose not to reinstall and the addition of the most excellent Xcalc, Jpilot cal, and xmms-alarm. I also did not install opera6. opera8 will not work and since I had freeze issues online..decided that the dx2 will fuction well as a mailbox and allow general offline functionality with wait times I noted...thanks to all the help from the forum getting something on the dx2.
I used this knowledge and installed dsl and the dx2 setup to a pent166. it runs the way I had hoped it would on the dx2. No issue installing eboard, xsaver or opera8. all programs run well so far. I still use xcalc for speed. am very happy with basic functionality an this machine. now if only I could rip a few tracs to mp3 for the xmms alarm I could shut up and use the machine. will play some more with the dx2 later.

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