I haven't really followed this discussion, but I have to ask - why is it necessary and desirable to create a cut-down distribution for contest logging? A basic Debian system is not all that big really and has fairly minimal system requirements. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-hams-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org