I've seen that you have suggested using a newer version than the stable release.
While in the past it was true, now it is not quite as true since some things have changed.
See http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...?p=80147#80147 and http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...?p=84794#84794 for what I have said in the past. At that time my recommendations were to not use Debian 3.0 (woody) 'stable' but to use the release CDs from the 'testing' repository called (sarge). Debian 3.1r0a (sarge) was recently released Mon June 6 and it superceeds (woody) to become the new 'stable'. New development for the next Debian release is now going on in the new 'testing' repository and its name has already been choosen (etch). Debian also has a 'unstable' repository (sid) and its name never changes. Thus it is best to identify a release by either its version number or by its nickname (characters from the film Toy Story see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Debian_releases) and not its repository since stable/testing/unstable is always a moving target.

So in the present you should use Debian 3.1r0a (sarge) to install a new Debian GNU/Linux system. The url for the bittorrents are http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r0a/i386/bt-cd/ and the torrents will give you ISOs which are found at http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...a/i386/iso-cd/ and you can find a quick run through the installation at http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...?p=86789#86789.

Let me know if this makes sense.
James