Even if you don't have a high speed connection, doing a Debian net install will be faster than downloading the ISOs, burning them, and intsalling from the CDs. When you do a netinstall, you only have to download the required packages, and then the packages you want to install. If you want to add packages at a later date, apt-get update && apt-get install blah does the trick. By doing the netinstall, it's likely that you'll end up downloading less than a full ISO, and will still have a functional system (espically if you just want a workstation type install, and don't have much interest in compiling software. When you have the interest and knoweldge to compile your own software, the development packages you need are just an apt-get away) -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://www.ringworld.org "The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 240 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020723/304129a0/attachment.pgp