[geeks] What would cause this

[Big Endian]

>On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Big Endian wrote:
>
>>  take the 2k machine, throw linux/bsd/solaris/etc on it and include a
>>  local caching name server.  This should help cut down the spurious
>>  dials.
>>
>>  daniel
>
>Hmmm DNS then?  Anyhow... I had FreeBSD 4.2 on that machine before.
>Unfortunately it is set up perfectly right now and is one entire partition
>NTFS.  It is also the best game machine (Half Life, HL Opposing Force, HL
>Blue Shift, Gunman Chronicles, Nobody Lives Forever, Return to Castle
>Wolfenstein, Diablo II Lord of Destruction, Spite & Malice, etc.) in the
>house and therefore not going any free OS route at this time...such would
>be a waste of good machine (i.e. I would have no use for it right now so
>it would sit idle, and I spent a looong time getting the perfect video
>driver set up for this older TNT1 in order to play the new games and not
>crash with a BSOD too often.)  In the job hunt times, it pays to have at
>least one de-stressing game box.

I know the feeling.  Do you have any other boxen that could do it?

daniel
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