Debian Installation Method

As a Linux release, Debian has won the majority of linuxfans with its unique release methods and features. At the same time, however, he seems to be a relatively high entry-level release version. First, his installation method is quite different. the release and maintenance of Debian is completely done by Linux fans in a community through the network. There is no major distribution company behind Debian, therefore, he is also considered to be the release version of Linux which is closest to the GNU spirit. The name of GNU/Debian also comes from this. Debian Linux can be installed in a variety of ways, but it can be installed on a CD, or on a network. The biggest feature of Debian is that its upgrade is quite convenient, this eliminates the trouble of re-installation. The software packages included in the Debian release version are also the most of the current release versions, providing enough software support. So how can we start our Debian journey?
If you have a Debian installation CD, you can choose to install it from the CD. after starting the CD, you can enter the Debian installation process. Debian installation adopts the following installation method: first install a base system, and then you can customize your system. You can choose anything you want to install or do not want to install. Therefore, during the installation, we first installed the Linux base system. In fact, the base system is already an operating system and can complete some basic work, but in our requirements, who else will use such things to do things? Therefore, we need to install a graphical working environment. After installing the base system, the installer will prompt us to select an installation source to install what we need to install. If you use a CD for installation, you can select the CD as the installation source. In the next installation program, you can choose to install the desktop environment. After a while, we can enjoy our Debian Linux system.
In addition to the CD, we can also install it from the network. In this case, we need a network-mounted optical disk. After the CD is started, we can enter the installation program. This is the same as that installed on a CD. After installing the base system, we will choose to install the installation source from a CD rather than a network installation image, if you have a good network environment, the installation process should be very fast, but if you do not have such conditions, you need to have excellent patience.
3. If you do not want to use a CD, you can choose to install it from the hard disk. In this case, you need to download the hard disk installation CD image and the two files started by the hard disk: vmlinuz,initrd.gz. After downloading them, place them in a directory, for example, an edisk in windows. If your system can be guided by grub, You can restart to boot and install the CD image. If you do not have any grub boot program, we recommend you download a grub for DOS, after simple configuration, You can restart the disk. When the grub boot starts, press C to enter the command line. Then, you can enter the following command to guide the disk image:
Grub> root (hd0, 5)
Grub> kernel (hd0, 5)/vmlinuz root =/dev/Ram ramdisk_size = 20000 devfs = mount, Dall
Grub> initrd (hd0, 5)/initrd.gz
Grub> boot
In this way, we can guide the CD image. After the installation, I think it is clear to everyone! :)
Debian network installation CD can be downloaded here: http://debian.cn99.com/debian-cd
Two files for Debian hard disk installation can be downloaded here: http://debian.cn99.com/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/
Linux installation method can refer to: http://blog.csdn.net/mylxiaoyi/archive/2005/04/22/359138.aspx