Thanks to all those who responded. Turns out that I needed to run `lilo'. I'd feel stupid if I didn't think that the installation process should have done this for me when it copied the kernel from the boot disks. It seems like there are two possibilities as two why this didn't happen:
1. The installation instructions are wrong (in which case the Debian installation procedure needs to be modified, as this would be a gross oversight). 2. Something went wrong during my install. Number 2 seems most likely. But I saw no errors (and I was watching closely). But I am now up and running, and things are going well. I'm very much liking `dpkg'. It has lots of nice features that make it hard to screw up (I can even install the same package twice with no ill results). Thanks again, to the entire `debian-user' list. -- Kevin K. Lewis | My opinions may be unreasonable [EMAIL PROTECTED] | but such is the voice of inspiration