Emdebian Grip Installation Guide
Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 the Debian Installer team
Copyright © 2008 the Debian Embedded team
This document contains installation instructions for the Emdebian Grip 1.0 (based on Debian 5.0) system (codename "lenny"), for i386, amd64, powerpc, arm, armel, mips or mipsel architectures. It also contains pointers to more information and information on how to make the most of your new Debian system.
This document uses the Debian Installer Guides as a template in the hope that future Emdebian Grip releases can have documentation folded into the main guides.
For additional information on Emdebian Grip 1.0 (based on Debian 5.0), please check the Emdebian webpages or contact the debian-embedded@lists.debian.org mailing list.
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- Table of Contents
- Installing Emdebian Grip 1.0 (based on Debian 5.0)
- 1. Welcome to Debian
- 2. System Requirements
- 2.1. Purchasing Hardware Specifically for GNU/Linux
- 2.2. Installation Media
- 2.2.1. CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
- 2.2.2. Hard Disk
- 2.2.3. USB Memory Stick
- 2.2.4. Network
- 2.2.5. Un*x or GNU system
- 2.2.6. Supported Storage Systems
- 2.3. Memory and Disk Space Requirements
- 3. Before Installing Emdebian Grip
- 4. Obtaining System Installation Media
- 5. Booting the Installation System
- 6. Booting Into Your New Debian System
- 6.1. The Moment of Truth
- 6.2. Log In
- 7. Next Steps and Where to Go From Here
- 7.1. Shutting down the system
- 7.2. If You Are New to Unix
- 7.3. Orienting Yourself to Debian
- 7.3.1. Debian Packaging System
- 7.3.2. Application Version Management
- 7.3.3. Cron Job Management
- 7.4. Further Reading and Information
- 7.5. Setting Up Your System To Use E-Mail
- 7.6. Compiling a New Kernel
- 7.6.1. Kernel Image Management
- 7.7. Recovering a Broken System
- A. Automating the installation using preseeding
- A.1. Introduction
- A.1.1. Preseeding methods
- A.1.2. Pre-seeding Emdebian Grip
- A.1.3. Limitations
- A.1.4. Debconf basics
- A.2. Using preseeding
- A.3. Creating a preconfiguration file
- A.4. Contents of the preconfiguration file (for lenny)
- A.4.1. Localization
- A.4.2. Network configuration
- A.4.3. Network console
- A.4.4. Mirror settings
- A.4.5. Clock and time zone setup
- A.4.6. Partitioning
- A.4.7. Partitioning using RAID
- A.4.8. Base system installation
- A.4.9. Account setup
- A.4.10. Apt setup
- A.4.11. Package selection
- A.4.12. Boot loader installation
- A.4.13. Finishing up the installation
- A.4.14. Preseeding other packages
- A.5. Advanced options
- B. Random Bits
- B.1. Installing Emdebian Grip from a Unix/Linux System
- B.1.1. Getting Started
- B.1.2. Install debootstrap
- B.1.3. Run debootstrap
- B.1.4. Configure The Base System
- B.1.5. Install a Kernel
- B.1.6. Set up the Boot Loader
- B.1.7. Finishing touches
- B.2. Installing Emdebian Grip over Parallel Line IP (PLIP)
- B.2.1. Requirements
- B.2.2. Setting up source
- B.2.3. Installing target
- B.3. Installing Emdebian Grip using PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
- B.4. The Graphical Installer
- B.4.1. Using the graphical installer
- B.4.2. Known issues