just another idea. is it possible (and advisable to get aurora running on the netra and then get debian to work from there.. "recompiling the kernel?" if i do an install just on the netra how do i then get debian working on the a1000. my understnading is basically that the scsi connetctor is like an internal data bus and they should function as one machine. with 2 hard-drives. again thanks for all the support