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Debian 5 (lenny) Step-by-Step Installation
with Screenshots
This guide will help you installing a minimal version of Debian 5 (lenny) from the
netinst cd image version, available, for example, here
Netinst means that only the base system is present on the ISO cd image:
the rest will be downloaded from the Internet during the installation.
Minimal means that only the least will be installed: just to allow the system to boot.
No graphic interface will be installed nor any service.
The resulting system will use the ext3file system.
The hard disk drive of the pc should be empty: without any other operating system and
without partitions.If thats not your case, the installation will be slighty different;proceed with caution because its possible to loose the whole hard disk drive data.
Burn the ISO cd image and boot the target PC with it.You should see the Installer boot menu:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Installer boot menu
Choose the language of the installation process:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Language of the installation process
Choose your language:
Debian 5 (lenny) installation - Choose your language
Select your keyboard layout:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Select your keyboard layout
Choose the hostname:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Choose the hostname
Choose the domain name:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Choose the domain name
Select your time zone:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Select your time zone
Select the partitioning method:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Select the partitioning method
Select the disk to partition:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Select the disk to partition
Select the partitioning scheme:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Select the partitioning scheme
Confirm the overview:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Confirm the overview
Write the changes to disks:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Write the changes to disks
Installing the base system:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Installing the base system
Setup the root password:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Setup the root password
Verify the root password:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Verify the root password
Name of the new user:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Name of the new user
Username of the new user:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Username of the new user
Setup user password:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Setup user password
Verify the user password:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Verify the user password
Choose the mirror country:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Choose the mirror country
Choose the mirror archive:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Choose the mirror archive
Enter proxy information:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Enter proxy information
Doing initial configuration
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Doing initial configuration ...
Installing the base OS
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Installing the base OS ...
Configuring popularity contest:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Configuring popularity contest
Install collections of software:
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Install collections of software
Install the GRUB boot loader:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Install the GRUB boot loader
Finishing the installation
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Finishing the installation ...
Installation complete:
Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - Installation complete
After the reboot, the system is ready.
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Debian 5 (lenny) Installation - System Ready.