junme - thanks, but I think that the games-knoppix cd uses freeciv version 1.14.0...
I have to use 1.12.0 because I cant upgrade the server from woody to sarge (too much ballsup potential on a machine I have to keep running smoothly)
I've been playing around with remastering Damn Small Linux, and after making several coasters :-) now have something that *almost* works... 'how to' on the DSL forum here:
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/fo...1;t=1806;st=80
but it needs tweaking a bit to get it to do what I want...