Hello all...

I'm not a total Linux noob, but I have been using Mandrake for about six
months, so I'm not as familiar with the console and manually editing
files as I'd like to be. Just FYI, I like mdk alright, but find it's a
bit too bloated and "wizardy" for my liking. I'd rather learn the guts of
Linux than simply have a Linux version of XP... :-)

Anyways, I have this box:
Duron 900 on ECS K7S5APro
400W PSU
512 MB PC133 SDRAM
Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
Using OB AC97 sound, SiS 900 LAN
Win2kPro, Gentoo 1.4 built from Stage 1, 2.4 kernel compiled from
gentoo-sources

It usually runs as a dedicated Quake3 server, but it's occasionally used
in listen mode as a client in a LAN game. win2k and Gentoo boot fine and
run great. However, there are a few problems...

1 - I can't mount my FAT32 partitions, gives "no VFAT support in kernel"
error. I specifically remember making sure all FAT-related filesystem
options were enabled (not modules) when I configged.

2 - M$ PS/2 wheel mouse works, but needs acceleration and and the scroll
wheel does not work. It's the same in KDE3 as well as IceWM and Kahakai.
I'd need a 3-foot mousepad to move the pointer form one side of the
screen to the other without lifting the mouse several times!

3 - I get a warning from Xfree about not being able to find an IRQ and
that DRI has been disabled for my Radeon9000 card, but it gets 200+ FPS
in glxgears!?!?! I haven't tried Q3 yet as I can't copy my files over
from the FAT32 partition...

4 - ACPI was disabled in the mobo BIOS when I built Gentoo. Windoze still
will not ATX-off at shutdown (just get "it's now safe to shut off your
computer") and Gentoo freezes a lot at "sending the KILL signal to all
processes" when a halt or reboot command is given.

5 - Partitions are a clusterf*ck. I'd prefer to have Win2k and it's data
partition on hda and Linux and it's partitions on hdb. As it is now,
partitions are splattered over three drives wherever I could create room.

Should I just wipe all the drives and start over fresh on this boxen...
or what would YOU do with it?

Any help would be appreciated!

--
The Boogieman
(the one your mama warned you about!!)