hello rony, jtd mehul and all other friends. I tried to install debian from 3.1 rc 2. the problem is that I want to select 2.6 kernel and also want to get the menu for selecting the packages I want to install. the main problem is that I can either select the kernel or with debconf-priority=medium, get the menu. but I want to do both the things. I also want to make choices for packages to be installed and also have 2.6 kernel install which does not happen by default. can some one give me the proper conbination of the command line parameters to be passed? I have started the installer more than 15 times but could not figure it out. by the way if at all I think of buying the debian cds, should I buy all the 14 cd set? or else the first 4 will suit the need? I want to make one server setup and one work station setup with modest packages like office and related tools, cd writing, firefox evolution etc. mehul, I had requested you to download the debian cds for me. but it seams I have to do a setup at one of my customer this coming thursday. if any one already have the latest debian cds can I get them burned? or if some one have a faster internet connection like mtnl broad band with night time free download, I will be happy if some one could download the cds in a couple of days. else I may try getting older version from some where. thanks all. Krishnakant.