Emre Sevinc wrote: > $ uname -a > Linux debian 2.4.18 #1 Mon Mar 24 02:00:40 EET 2003 i686 GNU/Linux That is likely the issue. I get the same with kernel 2.4. A work-around that I've used: reboot into 2.6 and complete the installation. Then, you can go back to 2.4 if you wish and run sbcl. Kevin