Quote Originally Posted by tseliot
Etch is testing (but I find it to be stable )
Sid is (and will always be) unstable


Yes, of course it uses GRUB.

Use the Netinstall (smaller to download, about 180MB and easier to use). You can find it here:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Thanks for your help. Now I just have to burn the cd.