Linux box is back up!

I've just finished downloading and installing the lastest version of CentOS, version 4.1, on my home Linux box.<br />
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At this point, it has SimplyMepis 3.31 bootable from one partition and CentOS 4.1 bootable from another. There is a common partition that I use for file backup from my Windows boxes. I still have to solve the issue of the Promise Ultra100 controller card — if I recall correctly, it was actually sold by Maxtor under their name and model#Ultra100, but Linux recognizes it based on the Promise IDE controller that is built into the card. That may help me solve the problem.<br />
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Anyway, <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=458&amp;entry_id=96" title="http://www.centos.org" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.centos.org';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">CentOS</a> 4.1 is interesting so far. I've got a bit of setting up to do before it will handle my backups from the Windows computers, but that shouldn't be too hard — just a matter of changing the "permissions" on the /files directory to be writeable by members of the user group and not just by the owner — naturally, CentOS follows the standards of <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=459&amp;entry_id=96" title="http://www.redhat.com" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.redhat.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">RedHat</a> and calls the first user #500, while <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=460&amp;entry_id=96" title="http://www.mepis.com" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.mepis.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Mepis</a> goes the <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=461&amp;entry_id=96" title="http://www.debian.org" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.debian.org';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Debian</a> route and calls him #1000. <br />
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This is significant because the user number for my login ID is different between systems. If I recall correctly, the easiest way to handle this was to log in as "root" and change the user number for my normal ID. Might have to change file ownerships, too, but it might go automatically.<br />
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We'll see. Tonight.<br />
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PS: Solved the hardware problem. The hard drive controller card was recognised by CentOS 4.1 right out of the box. So was my Kensington Optical Pilot Mouse. Now I'm just doing all the "new installation" little configuration things…