Hardware and performance

Iñaki, 
             To follow-up-
           1.6+  installed on my
Debian system without a hitch!
                      Here's what I did.
1--add the below link to etc/apt/source.list
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main
2--Do, apt-get update
3--update mysql using Synaptic package manager
4--as super user right click on folder
www to open a terminal window
5--paste the cvs command into this window
6- config moodle per your box
     With-in 45 min I had Mysql 5.02 and Moodle 1.6+ running!
                 Much Thanks--Dave