In an effort to document what I did, I'm going to do it in phases. Here is the basic Debian install process. a) I downloaded the netinst files from this link - http://www.debian.org/distrib/, I used the 32bit one for an N270 install that I put IRLP on, and the 64bit one for an N2800 install that I did the Allstar install on. b) I then used the bootable usb creator from pendrivelinux.com - get it here for windows http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ c) you select a distribution, browse to the ISO you just downloaded above, select the usb drive and either format or not and select create. .what you'll have is a bootable usb drive with the distribution you selected above on it to boot from. d) setup the right boot order in the bios on your mother board, and poof, you should be able to install debian from that process. You'll need the box connected to the network so that it can go get all the right modules. I pretty much created a vanilla install, only thing I did install was ssh and sql, and the last selection which I can't remember right now but was core related. When it was ready to reboot, I had a Debian install done. Ok, phase 2 will be around what you need to do before you install anything further. Alan