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Installation

   Installation from DFS involves the following general steps:

    1. Partitioning
    2. Initialize and mount swap
    3. Formatting and Mounting Filesystems
    4. Installing Base System
       You can do this (assuming you have mounted your new partitions at
       /mnt) with: cdebootstrap sid /mnt file:///opt/packages. (amd64: add
       -a amd64 before "sid". Also, I recommend using the amd64 mirror
       directly, since things change frequently and the data available
       when the CD was made may or may not be usable for you.
    5. Configuring Base System
       You should copy your /etc/resolv.conf to the new system. Then,
       configure its /etc/apt/sources.list, /etc/fstab, and
       /etc/network/interfaces. Then, chroot /mnt and:
         a. apt-get update
         b. i386: apt-get install module-init-tools grub ppp
            alpha: apt-get install module-init-tools aboot ppp
            powerpc: apt-get install module-init-tools yaboot ppp
         c. apt-get install appropriate filesystem tools for your chosen
            filesystem
         d. i386: mkdir /boot/grub; cp /lib/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub
            If your /boot is its own partition, also run cd /boot; ln -s .
            boot.

     Note: amd64 did not have a grub package as of the last check.
     However, you can simulate it; just mkdir /mnt/boot/grub and copy the
     files from /lib/grub/i386-pc on the live CD image to /boot/grub on
     your new system.
            alpha: see aboot docs
            powerpc: see yaboot docs
    6. Installing Kernel
       If you like the kernel on the DFS CD, you can do this: cd
       /mnt/root; dpkg-repack linunx-image-2.6.16.4. Then, chroot /mnt and
       dpkg -i /root/linux-image-*.
    7. Installing Grub
# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> quit
# update-grub

       amd64 users: if this doesn't work, try rebooting the DFS cd. Press
       "c" when you see the blue Grub menu to get a command line. Then run
       the above.
    8. Rebooting into new system

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