Follow-up. Thanks for all the help. The install went without a problem. I've been able to install and uninstall apps with Synaptic and able to print from AbiWord and Open Office, so I feel like I now have a real, working laptop replacement .

I installed the easy-deb-chroot-0.6-2_armel.deb as listed on the 1st page of Qole's thread, but I see that there is an updated version - easy-deb-chroot-0.9-1_armel.deb. What is the difference between the two? I plan in the future to re-partition my internal 4GB SD so I can install Debian there instaed of the external card, so reinstalling is not a problem if 0.9 is better. Thanks.