Hi Michael, I am one of the Gluster core team member. I saw your messages in this thread today. We already have some work been done on getting glusterfs's .deb packages. Please refer http://gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Installing_from_Debian_Packages
We will be glad to help if you need anything from dev team to port GlusterFS to debian. Please keep us updated. You can mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] reach us. -amar -- Amar Tumballi Engineer - Gluster Core Team [bulde on #gluster/irc.gnu.org] http://www.zresearch.com - Commoditizing Supercomputing and Superstorage!