The installer works if you update zenity

I said this already !!
Ups, I missed that! The HDD install worked perfectly now when I did the following with the final version:
apt-get update
apt-get install linuxcoin-bugfix-020811 smartcoin bitcoin
apt-get install linuxcoin-installer
apt-get install zenity
apt-get install linuxcoin-bugfix-110811
Then
System Tools => LinuxCoin Installer and wait ...

wow, thats easier than my method! i will try this tonight on a new VM install, thanks guys!
I will try to sort thru my PXE changes too and post the significant differences.