Well, I set sources.list to sargeand am d/l ing now. Let's see if this fixes it! <20 minutes elapse> it is acting right.... it isn't giving me the e2fsprogs error..... it's unpacking..... it's selecting deselected packages..... I think that did it..... it is setting up locales now..... (I just hope this doesn't break other things).... it loaded... let's see if it runs.....it does!