Hi all, OK, I got lucky. There was a Very usable copy of Smart Boot Manger on the copy of Slackware 12 that I recently downloaded. Copied it to a floppy according to the instructions that came on the CD, and I am presently booting off a Debian business card ISO on my old Hitachi laptop. Working GREAT. So, once again, thanks for the tip about SBM. -- Later, Lonnie Mostly Debian, but now I'm messing around with Gentoo. Humm, I kind of like it too.