To answer my own query, RTFM suggests turning off caching. SO, Press <F2> to enter SETUP, shows Memory Cache L1 and L2 Enabled, but with Memory Cache Disabled its onto installation step 1: > (i.e., I cannot get to the initial choice menu of the install script). -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null