[Echo Talon]

that was probably my problem before, ifconfig. who knows im gonna download one of the distros someone told me about later before i go bed.

[rzeznikj at stout]

It was strange--when I ended up trying Slackware and to get the connection rolling

Though if you're looking to install a distro to the disk, and you don't have a lot of experience with Linux--I'd personally recommend Suse.