ummm....it'd probably be easier to get another cd. or just buy them. it'd probably be quicker too, lol. the download is gonna be over 600mb. which means (unless i screwed upsomewhere, which i probably did) at a generous 10kb/s. it'd still take you almost a day. about 17hours. and that's nonstop. but, when i had 56k, i'd be lucky to get 5kb/s. usually i was around 3 or so. which will take you a few days if that's your case. and hey, coudlnt' hurt to support slackware, i bought the cd-set. IMO though, the Essentials book isn't worth it.//