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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-02-20 14:06:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2007-02-20 14:06:48 +0000 |
| commit | 3e6ecddb2a618019434fee49556feff24f3905c1 (patch) | |
| tree | 01884316cbdaeeeadd7afa6901bcc1d974ee393a /en | |
| parent | d90f0740c60c87b887820660ab7ae2e9d5a96ada (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-3e6ecddb2a618019434fee49556feff24f3905c1.zip | |
Update the HOWTO for the integration of base-config into D-I; thanks to Todd Partridge for spotting that we'd not yet done so
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| -rw-r--r-- | en/howto/installation-howto.xml | 26 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml index fe56ae8b3..492042394 100644 --- a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml +++ b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml @@ -270,6 +270,26 @@ which can take a while. That is followed by installing a kernel. </para><para> +The next steps are setting up your time zone and clock. The installer will +try to select the correct settings automatically and will only ask if it +cannot. This is followed by setting up user accounts. By default you will +need to provide a password for the <quote>root</quote> (administrator) +account and information necessary to create one regular user account. + +</para><para> + +The base system that was installed earlier is a working, but very minimal +installation. To make the system more functional the next step allows you +to install additional packages by selecting tasks. Before packages can be +installed <classname>apt</classname> needs to be configured as that defines +from where the packages will be retrieved. +The <quote>Standard system</quote> task will be selected by default and +should normally be installed. Select the <quote>Desktop environment</quote> +task if you would like to have a graphical desktop after the installation. +See <xref linkend="pkgsel"/> for additional information about this step. + +</para><para> + The last step is to install a boot loader. If the installer detects other operating systems on your computer, it will add them to the boot menu and let you know. @@ -281,9 +301,9 @@ given the opportunity to override that choice and install it elsewhere. </para><para> &d-i; will now tell you that the installation has -finished. Remove the cdrom or other boot media and hit &enterkey; -to reboot your machine. It should boot up into the next stage of the install -process, which is explained in <xref linkend="boot-new" />. +finished. Remove the cdrom or other boot media and hit &enterkey; to reboot +your machine. It should boot up into the newly installed system and +allow you to log in. This is explained in <xref linkend="boot-new"/>. </para><para> |