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>Installation</H1
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>      Installation from DFS involves the following general steps:
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>Partitioning</P
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>Initialize and mount swap</P
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>Formatting and Mounting Filesystems</P
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>Installing Base System</P
><P
>You can do this (assuming you have mounted your new
          partitions at /mnt) with: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cdebootstrap sid /mnt
	    file:///opt/packages</B
>.  (amd64: add <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>-a
	    amd64</B
> 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.
	</P
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>Configuring Base System</P
><P
>You should copy your
	  <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/resolv.conf</TT
> to the new system.
	  Then, configure its
	  <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/apt/sources.list</TT
>,
          <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/fstab</TT
>, and
	  <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/network/interfaces</TT
>.  Then,
	  <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>chroot /mnt</TT
> and:
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><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>apt-get update</B
></P
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><P
>i386: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>apt-get install module-init-tools
		grub ppp</B
></P
><P
>alpha: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>apt-get install module-init-tools
                aboot ppp</B
></P
><P
>powerpc: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>apt-get install module-init-tools
                yaboot ppp</B
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><P
><B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>apt-get install</B
>
	      appropriate filesystem tools for your chosen filesystem</P
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><P
>i386: <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>mkdir /boot/grub; cp
                /lib/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub</B
></P
><P
>If your /boot is its own partition, also run
                 <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cd /boot; ln -s . boot</B
>.</P
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><B
>Note: </B
>	      amd64 did not have a grub package as of the last check.
	      However, you can simulate it; just 
		<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>mkdir /mnt/boot/grub</B
>
	      and copy the files from
		<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/lib/grub/i386-pc</TT
> on the
	      live CD image to <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/boot/grub</TT
>
		on your new system.</P
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><P
>alpha: see aboot docs</P
><P
>powerpc: see yaboot docs</P
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>Installing Kernel</P
><P
>If you like the kernel on the DFS CD, you can do this:
	  <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>cd /mnt/root; dpkg-repack
	    linunx-image-2.6.16.4</B
>.  Then, <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>chroot
	    /mnt</B
> and <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>dpkg -i
	    /root/linux-image-*</B
>.
	</P
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>Installing Grub</P
><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
># grub
grub&#62; root (hd0,0)
grub&#62; setup (hd0)
grub&#62; quit
# update-grub
	    </PRE
><P
>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.</P
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>Rebooting into new system</P
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