Apt does work in Hamm. The package is in slink. In the base dir if I recall. Once installed you use the apt method in dselect rather than ftp or CD. All there is to it.
As for kernels, grab the "kernel package". This has a script called make-kpkg. This will create Debian style kernel packages, just like the ones shipped. You can then install them and they take care of modules, lilo, boot disks the whole nine yards. Much Much simpler. -- ===== Linux, because I'd like to *get there* today
