That's right around the same time I first started tinkering with Linux, and I had a similar experience. I didn't know about BSD at the time, but it took me week

That's right around the same time I first started tinkering with Linux, and I had a similar experience. I didn't know about BSD at the time, but it took me weeks to get my first Gentoo install up and running. That being said, the amount I learned throughout the process made the experience absolutely worth the hassle. Then it was just a matter of getting the conexant chipped dial-up modem to work...