Hi, Given that this http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9907/msg01168.html continues to be a problem to this day, it would be preferable to replace http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/linux on page Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 For Intel x86 - Methods for Installing Debian with ftp://... Best Regards, Robert Cristel Montreal, Canada