Read http://www.de.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#s-minimal_upgrade and use 4.5.4.1 or 4.5.4.2, whichever applies to your situation. Does this work ok?
Doh!I read those notes too - that's how I managed to upgrade 6 o so boxes without a problem...just skipped that part because I saw X Windows stuff....
Thanks mate - much better! :-) Cheers,Pete.