dev hell

xfs is a bitxh to set up... here goes:
tried from slack 7.1 to compile kern...nope
installed mandrake 8.0, after updating almost everything...will compile but now boot correctly with compiled or srock xfs kernel...
so I am now(6 o'clock) dling redhat cd 1 iso, at ~45kb/s, take 4 hours, then I will install sgis, kernel with their system...