@Graham: do you have image of the original installation? (I don't unfortunately) If not, I will try to get somewhere apt sources and install the original dell's hardy-derived distribution with debootstrap, to see if it really worked or not.
@Graham: do you have image of the original installation? (I don't unfortunately) If not, I will try to get somewhere apt sources and install the original dell's hardy-derived distribution with debootstrap, to see if it really worked or not.