(details in my post above) 9.04 worked fine with "noapic" and 100mb 9.10 had the same issues ootb; works pretty well with "noapic" and 1000mb
(details in my post above)
9.04 worked fine with "noapic" and 100mb
9.10 had the same issues ootb; works pretty well with "noapic" and 1000mb