Hello,an updated version of the debian amd64 howto is avaiable in my local alioth space at [1]; hopefully someone will benefit from this.
Special thanks and gratitude to Ana for her kindness, ideas and support :) All the best, RobertoPS: If you want to reply, please don't forget to add me in CC because I am not subscribed to this list.
[1] http://haydn.debian.org/~intero-guest/