> Why not install Sarge with FAI and then upgrade? That would probably be > a lot smoother.
Probably. However, I don't have the necessary *.deb's in my local Debian repository. Also I guess that this would then not be a 100% *F*ully *a*utomated *i*nstallation. And to get it 100% FAI, I'd have to invest an equal amount of time as I had to invest now. Greetings, Holger