Thanks for all the advice. I'll try J Esteves' idea.
I had thought of Chris Tillman's suggestion to add a new source using apt, but since I'm working off a local mirror (16 installs to do) 1) I don't really want to rsync unstable as well 2) I had thought that since apt kicks in only *after* the timezone configuration that would not be viable. After a bit of thought I guess I can bypass the default installation order and edit the apt sources early on to include a directory with base-config_1.3.3.18 on my local mirror, and hope that base-config picks up the existence of the newer version, right? Obviously, with 16 machines on which to install woody, I'm looking for the laziest way to do this! Thanks again. As for the problem with the Toshiba Satellite, I'll try a separate email since it really is a separate bug. Jim +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jim Skea | Grupo de Fisica Matematica e Computacional | | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] +----------+ Departamento de Fisica Teorica | | WWW http://www.dft.if.uerj.br/JimSkea | Instituto de Fisica, UERJ | | | Rua Sao Francisco Xavier 524 | | FAX (+55) 21 2587 7296 | Maracana | | Tel (+55) 21 2587 7891 (Dept.) | 20559-900 Rio de Janeiro -- RJ | | | Brasil | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]