Bug 48909

Since I reported this problem, something weird happened which I think may be 
relevant:  The dialup networking speed went right down the toilet.  I was 
getting really good speeds --from 'root', not 'user'-- and I saw the  max 
speed listed on the Details graph, get cut by about 1/2 to 2/3.  Instead of 
reporting 7k/sec as the max  --I'm on a 28.8 line, right now, in Michigan-- it 
was reporting 2 or 3k/sec as the max & I got many 'stall' problems to the 
point that, after 20 minutes, your web-site still hadn't loaded.  (Normal time 
for loading your site is anywhere from 5-10 seconds under usual circumstances.)

Since I could not even e-mail, for the same reason as above, I decided to just 
dump the installation & reinstall the whole thing from scratch.  The result 
was that I was able to get the usual speed that the current phone line 
permits, and load your page in roughly 5-10 seconds, as before.

Can all this be *just_because* I attempted to recompile/install the kernel 
after downloading/installing all the listed updates, or is there something 
more subtle going on, here...?

Any questions, I'll do my best to answer; any suggestions as to things I might 
try, I'll do my best.  (Not too happy after spending a day d/l & installing 
all the updates, but guess that comes w/the territory, huh. :-\)

After bzImage wouldn't write, I reinstalled to start afresh; bzImage wrote, 
okay, even before installing the kernel things started to go haywire so I 
reinstalled again (see Bug#47871 for details).  The problem was that RH7.1 
would no longer read vfat floppies.  The error indicated I should specify the 
system type, though it was set to 'auto'.  I did that --specifying vfat-- and 
it still wouldn't read floppy disk.  I never had experienced a misbehaving 
system *just_because* I compiled a custom kernel ...never mind not installing, 
yet.

I reinstalled RedHat from scratch, applied all the upgrades, and once again 
recompiling the kernel refused to write the 'bzImage' file.  Recompiling the 
kernel isn't rocket science.  I followed the accepted How-to documents either 
on --or pointed to by-- your site.  Specifically, I used the How-to for 
upgrading the kernel & the new kernel booted w/o a hitch. Nothing stopped 
working (except as noted above).  I used the Brian Ward How-to for recompiling 
the kernel, following the instructions to the letter on the off-chance I had 
missed something when attempting to do it, before ...and for the 3rd time in a 
row, the bzImage won't write.  If you're not going to offer any sage advice on 
this subject (for *whatever* reason), then please so-state, and I'll keep 
looking around for the 'keeper' distro.  I am more than merely attempting to 
help you find bugs.  I am an independent reviewer ...but more importantly, I'm 
looking for a good distro for my Toshiba notebook! <G>   Thanks! :-)

Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
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closed as 'CANTFIX' on September 30, 2006. Thanks again for your help.

Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/.

Closing as CANTFIX.