Those are the three strands of hair remaining after any me vs Linux session. What makes it worse is the fact that once I see the light and start understanding things a little I really do like the way Linux works

Yep, I now have my crawling rig back up and running and it is currently crunching GPU with a single 5870 which I have overclocked using AMDOverdriveCtrl. I currently has 4 concurrent wu's using app_config.

The bothersome thing is that, were it not for a couple of issues I had with my previous install, re-reading this thread I get the impression I could have done everything I needed to do just by a command you described as "full upgrade" but hey this way I have a clean install to mess up again when trying stuff out.

D_A, I may not say so every time but I do appreciate the time you take to explain stuff to me

Next is the update of my main PfSense router..... How are you with networking