hi Deselect will exit on error that it cannot find the file vmlinuz.old in the base dir. The file shows on a ls. you can mv to a new name. and back but you cant cp it or open it with ae. This effectively stops me from installing most of the packages. what is wrong here and how can I correct it? Shanta -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org