> Is this assuming one has two computers? I'm having a hard time seeing > how I could follow along on IRC while installing on the same 'puter. > Are we too poor for such niceties left out? :) there's two possibilities: 1. you have two computers, which share an Internet connection 2. your distribuition allows you to switch to a virtual console (alt-f<number>); and telnet to an IRC server, while the install is going on. I've known people who browsed the web while installing, using a virtual console, telnet, and more/less. :) Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700