button selected. press Enter.
A window with a menu will then appear titled 'Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu' and
will look something like:
+------------------------------| Title |-------------------------------+
| |
| Your keyboard has not yet been configured. Please select |
| "Next" from the menu to configure the keyboard. |
| |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| | Next : Configure the Keyboard | |
| | Alternate : Preload essential modules from a floppy | |
| | Alternate1: Partition a Hard Disk | |
| | | |
| | Configure the Keyboard | |
| | Preload modules from a floppy | |
| | Partition a Hard Disk | |
| | Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition | |
| | Activate a Previously-Installed Swap Partition | |
| | Do Without a Swap Partition | |
| | Initialize a Linux Partition | |
| | Mount a Previously-Initialized Partition | |
| | Unmount a Partition | |
| +------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
This window will guide you through the installation of the 'base system'.
First choose 'Configure the Keyboard', which is probably already selected.
Choose the default 'U.S. English (QWERTY)' unless you need something different.
Then choose 'Partition a Hard Disk', which is probably already selected.
The 'Select Disk Drive' window will appear. all of your harddisks will be listed here.
the master drive on the primary IDE channel will be listed as /dev/hda, the slave drive
on the primary IDE channel will be /dev/hdb, the secondary master will be /dev/hdc,
and the secondary slave will be /dev/hdd. Unless you are setting up a dual boot system
or have multiple hard disks in your computer, you will have a single value in the
list, and you will want to just hit Enter.
A warning about disk size will appear. just hit enter.
you will now be in a disk partitioning program. the screen will look like this:
cfdisk x.xxx
Disk Drive: /dev/hdx
Size: xxx bytes
Heads: xx Sectors per Track: xx Cylinders: xxxx
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size(MB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pri/Log Free Space 639.96
[ Help ] [ New ] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Units ]
[ Write ]
Print help screen
|
Selected in the table is the current partition, which is your entire drive right now.
at the bottom, the Help button is selected. Use the right and left arrow keys to move to
the New button and hit enter, to create a new partition.
choose the Primary button.
the program will ask for the size of the partition. Take the current listed size, and
subtract 2 times the amount of memory your system has installed. for example, in the above
the system has 639.96 mb of harddisk space, and 16 mb of memory. so 639.96 - 32 = 607.96 mb.
Choose the Beginning button.
Choose the Bootable button, to make the partition bootable.
you will now have two entries in the table above. The first will have the FS Type of Linux,
and in this case will have Size of 607.95. The second will have Free Space for FS Type and
in this case will have Size of 32.00. use the up and down arrow keys to select the second partition.
use the right and left keys again to select New again and hit enter.
Choose the primary button again.
Hit enter when prompted for size, to accept the default.
Use the arrow keys to select 'Type' and hit enter.
Enter 82 (for Linux Swap) for the filesystem type and hit enter.
You will now have two partitions in the list, the first will have the Boot Flags, and will
have Linux for FS Type. the second will have no flags and will have Linux swap for FS Type.
Choose the Write button.
Type 'yes' to confirm your configuration, and hit enter.
Choose the Quit button.
You will be returned to the main menu.
Choose Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition, which is proably already selected.
The swap partition you just created will be listed, hit enter to accept.
You will be prompted to perform a disk scan of the partition. choose 'yes' to skip the scan
and hit enter.
Choose 'yes' to confirm initialization.
Back at the main menu - choose Initialize a Linux Partition.
the first partition you created will be listed. hit enter to accept.
you may be prompted about version compatibility. choose the default 'yes'.
you will be asked about a disk scan for this partition. choose 'yes' to skip the scan and
hit enter.
choose yes to confirm the format of the partition.
The drive will now be formatted.
you will be asked if you want to mount the 'root' filesystem now. choose yes.
At this point you will deviate a little from the installer's suggestions.
Back at the main menu, choose 'Install Operating system kernel and modules' instead of
the default.
Choose the first floppy drive. Put the rescue floppy in the drive when prompted and hit
enter.
When prompted, insert the driver disk and hit enter.
Back at the main menu, accept the default 'Configure Device Driver Modules'.
choose 'yes' to skip the next step.
You will then be given the module list menu:
+--------------------------| Select Category |---------------------------+
| |
| blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah |
| blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah |
| |
| Please select the category of modules. |
| |
| Exit Finished with these modules. Return to previous menu. |
| |
| block Disks and disk-like devices. |
| cdrom Device drivers for CD-ROM drives. |
| fs Drivers taht allow many different filesystems to be accessed |
| misc Drivers that don't fit in the other categories. |
| net Drivers for network interface cards and network protocols. |
| scsi Drivers for SCSI controller cards and classes of SCSI device |
| |
| |
| [OK] [CANCEL] |
| |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
select the 'net' category.
go down the next list until you find the network driver you need for your network card, which
you found in step 1. select it and hit enter.
choose to install the module.
The following window will appear:
+--------------------| Enter Command-Line Arguments |--------------------+
| |
| Please enter any command-line arguments for the rtl8139 module. Many |
| modules can autoprobe and do not require additional parameters. |
| |
| _____________________________________________________________________ |
| [OK] [CANCEL] |
| |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
if you had any module parameters required for your card, enter them here. for the network
card examples I gave in step 1, for the 'ne' card, I would enter io=0x300 here. for the
rtl8139 card, I would leave this blank. Hit enter to accept.
A screen should then appear:
Installing module xxxxxxxx. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured correctly,
this could cause your system to pause for up to a minute.
Installation succeeded.
Please press ENTER when you are ready to continue.
|
Hit enter.
if you did not get the Installation succeeded text, you need to verify your network hardware,
and perhaps search google again for more information about it, and try again.
Exit the net-modules list (unless you need to try again, or have another network card).
You will be returned to the main module list window.
Exit the modules list.
You will be returned to the main installation window.
Choose the default 'Configure the Network'.
You will be asked to give your computer a name. do so and hit enter.
you will be asked if you want to perform automatic network configuration. Unless you know
you are connected to a network that will assign your settings for you, choose no.
Enter your IP address and hit enter.
Enter your subset mask and hit enter.
enter your gateway IP and hit enter.
enter your domain name and hit enter.
enter your dns server IP and hit enter.
If the network setup was successful, you will now be back at the main installation screen.
choose the default 'install the base system'.
choose 'network : retrieve from network'.
hit enter to confirm starting the http download.
you will be given the 'select installation server' window. select the button and hit
enter to accept the default server url.
You will see the download progress window.
+--------------------------| Download Screen |---------------------------+
| |
| Put Download Screen Here. |
| blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah |
| |
| |
| |
| [CANCEL] |
| |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
After downloading completes, the base system will be extracted.
Back at the Main Menu, choose 'Configure the Base System', which is probably already selected.
Select your timezone. In the 'Directories' list, choose 'US', then in the Timezones list
choose the appropriate timezone.
Choose 'Yes' to set your hardware clock to GMT.
Back at the Main Menu, choose 'Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk', which is probably already
selected.
Use the default in the next screen, "/dev/hdx : Install Lilo in the MBR (use this if unsure).". (If linux
does not boot later and you have to repeat the install, try the other option, but the first should work)
Back at the Main Menu, choose 'Make a Boot Floppy.', which is probably already selected.
If for some reason your installation will not boot straight from the harddrive, this gives
you a way to continue without having to re-install.
When prompted, insert a new disk to use as a boot floppy, and hit enter. The boot floppy
format screen will display:
Formatting the floppy...
Measuring drive N's raw capacity
In order to avoid this time consuming measurement in the future,
add the following line to /etc/driveprm:
driveN: deviation=xxxx
CAUTION: The line is drive and controller specific, so it should be
removed before inserting a new drive N or floppy controller.
Formatting cylinder XX, head X
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After it is complete, you will be returned Main Menu.
Remove the floppy from the drive and choose 'Reboot the System', which is probably selected.
A warning screen will appear. Choose 'Yes' to reboot.
If all went well, when the computer reboots, linux will start.