[stuff about complete install failure with dselect/dpkg] What version of the bootdisks do you have ? You shouldn't need to upgrade libc5 after a fresh instal... You probably have something very wrong. I'd suggest getting a new set of bootdisks and restarting from scratch. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .