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+ <sect1 id="installation-media">
+ <title>Installation Media</title>
+
+<para>
+
+This section will help you determine which different media types you can use to
+install Debian. For example, if you have a floppy disk drive on your machine,
+it can be used to install Debian. There is a whole chapter devoted media,
+<xref linkend="install-methods"/>, which lists the advantages and
+disadvantages of each media type. You may want to refer back to this page once
+you reach that section.
+
+</para>
+
+  <sect2 condition="supports-floppy-boot"><title>Floppies</title>
+<para>
+
+In some cases, you'll have to do your first boot from floppy disks.
+Generally, all you will need is a
+high-density (1440 kilobytes) 3.5 inch floppy drive.
+
+</para><para arch="powerpc">
+
+For CHRP, floppy support is currently broken.
+
+</para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2><title>CD-ROM/DVD-ROM</title>
+
+<note><para>
+
+Whenever you see <quote>CD-ROM</quote> in this manual, it applies to both
+CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, because both technologies are really
+the same from the operating system's point of view, except for some very
+old nonstandard CD-ROM drives which are neither SCSI nor IDE/ATAPI.
+
+</para></note><para>
+
+CD-ROM based installation is supported for some architectures.
+On machines which support bootable CD-ROMs, you should be able to do a
+completely
+<phrase arch="not-s390">floppy-less</phrase>
+<phrase arch="s390">tape-less</phrase>
+installation.  Even if your system doesn't
+support booting from a CD-ROM, you can use the CD-ROM in conjunction
+with the other techniques to install your system, once you've booted
+up by other means; see <xref linkend="boot-installer"/>.
+
+</para><para arch="i386">
+
+Both SCSI and IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported.  In addition, all
+non-standard CD interfaces supported by Linux are supported by the
+boot disks (such as Mitsumi and Matsushita drives).  However, these
+models might require special boot parameters or other massaging to get
+them to work, and booting off these non-standard interfaces is
+unlikely.  The <ulink url="&url-cd-howto;">Linux CD-ROM HOWTO</ulink>
+contains in-depth information on using CD-ROMs with Linux.
+
+</para><para arch="i386">
+
+USB CD-ROM drives are also supported, as are FireWire devices that
+are supported by the ohci1394 and sbp2 drivers.
+
+</para><para arch="alpha">
+
+Both SCSI and IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported on &arch-title;, as long
+as the controller is supported by the SRM console.  This rules out many
+add-on controller cards, but most integrated IDE and SCSI chips and
+controller cards that were provided by the manufacturer can be expected
+to work.  To find out whether your device is supported from the SRM
+console, see the <ulink url="&url-srm-howto;">SRM HOWTO</ulink>.
+
+</para><para arch="arm">
+
+IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported on all ARM machines.
+On RiscPCs, SCSI CD-ROMs are also supported.
+
+</para><para arch="mips">
+
+On SGI machines, booting from CD-ROM requires a SCSI CD-ROM drive
+capable of working with a logical blocksize of 512 bytes. Many of the
+SCSI CD-DROM drives sold for the PC market do not have this
+capability. If your CD-ROM drive has a jumper labeled
+<quote>Unix/PC</quote> or <quote>512/2048</quote>, place it in the
+<quote>Unix</quote> or <quote>512</quote> position.
+To start the install, simply choose the <quote>System installation</quote>
+entry in the firmware.  The Broadcom BCM91250A supports standard IDE devices,
+including CD-ROM drives, but CD images for this platform are currently not
+provided because the firmware doesn't recognize CD drives.
+
+</para><para arch="mipsel">
+
+On DECstations, booting from CD-ROM requires a SCSI CD-ROM drive
+capable of working with a logical blocksize of 512 bytes. Many of the
+SCSI CD-DROM drives sold for the PC market do not have this capability.
+If your CD-ROM drive has a jumper labeled <quote>Unix/PC</quote> or
+<quote>512/2048</quote>, place it in the <quote>Unix</quote> or
+<quote>512</quote> position.
+
+</para><para arch="mipsel">
+
+CD 1 contains the installer for the r3k-kn02 subarchitecture
+(the R3000-based DECstations 5000/1xx and 5000/240 as well as
+the R3000-based Personal DECstation models), CD 2 the
+installer for the r4k-kn04 subarchitecture (the R4x00-based
+DECstations 5000/150 and 5000/260 as well as the Personal DECstation
+5000/50).
+
+</para><para arch="mipsel">
+
+To boot from CD, issue the command <userinput>boot
+<replaceable>#</replaceable>/rz<replaceable>id</replaceable></userinput>
+on the firmware prompt, where <replaceable>#</replaceable> is the
+number of the TurboChannel device from which to boot (3 on most
+DECstations) and <replaceable>id</replaceable> is the SCSI ID of the
+CD-ROM drive.  If you need to pass additional parameters, they can
+optionally be appended with the following syntax:
+
+</para><para arch="mipsel">
+
+<userinput>boot
+<replaceable>#</replaceable>/rz<replaceable>id</replaceable>
+param1=value1 param2=value2 ...</userinput>
+
+</para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2><title>Hard Disk</title>
+
+<para>
+
+Booting the installation system directly from a hard disk is another option
+for many architectures. This will require some other operating system
+to load the installer onto the hard disk.
+
+</para><para arch="m68k">
+
+In fact, installation from your local disk is the preferred
+installation technique for most &architecture; machines.
+
+</para><para arch="sparc">
+
+Although the &arch-title; does not allow booting from SunOS
+(Solaris), you can install from a SunOS partition (UFS slices).
+
+</para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 condition="bootable-usb"><title>USB Memory Stick</title>
+
+<para>
+
+Many Debian boxes need their floppy and/or CD-ROM drives only for
+setting up the system and for rescue purposes. If you operate some
+servers, you will probably already have thought about omitting those
+drives and using an USB memory stick for installing and (when
+necessary) for recovering the system. This is also useful for small
+systems which have no room for unnecessary drives.
+
+</para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2><title>Network</title>
+
+<para condition="supports-tftp">
+
+You can also <emphasis>boot</emphasis> your system over the network.
+<phrase arch="mips">This is the preferred installation technique for
+Mips.</phrase>
+
+</para><para condition="supports-nfsroot">
+
+Diskless installation, using network booting from a local area network
+and NFS-mounting of all local filesystems, is another option.
+
+</para><para>
+
+After the operating system kernel is installed, you can install the
+rest of your system via any sort of network connection (including
+PPP after installation of the base system), via FTP or HTTP.
+
+</para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2><title>Un*x or GNU system</title>
+
+<para>
+
+If you are running another Unix-like system, you could use it to install
+&debian; without using the &d-i; described in the rest of the
+manual. This kind of install may be useful for users with otherwise
+unsupported hardware or on hosts which can't afford downtime.  If you
+are interested in this technique, skip to the <xref
+linkend="linux-upgrade"/>.
+
+</para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2><title>Supported Storage Systems</title>
+
+<para>
+
+The Debian boot disks contain a kernel which is built to maximize the
+number of systems it runs on.  Unfortunately, this makes for a larger
+kernel, which includes many drivers that won't be used for your
+machine (see <xref linkend="kernel-baking"/> to learn how to
+build your own kernel).  Support for the widest possible range of
+devices is desirable in general, to ensure that Debian can be
+installed on the widest array of hardware.
+
+</para><para arch="i386">
+
+Generally, the Debian installation system includes support for floppies,
+IDE drives, IDE floppies, parallel port IDE devices, SCSI controllers and
+drives, USB, and FireWire.  The file systems supported include FAT,
+Win-32 FAT extensions (VFAT), and NTFS, among others.
+
+</para><para arch="i386">
+
+The disk interfaces that emulate the <quote>AT</quote> hard disk interface
+which are often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or ATA are supported.  Very old 8 bit
+hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer are supported only
+as a module. SCSI disk controllers from many different manufacturers
+are supported. See the
+<ulink url="&url-hardware-howto;">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink>
+for more details.
+
+</para><para arch="m68k">
+
+Pretty much all storage systems supported by the Linux kernel are
+supported by the Debian installation system.  Note that the current
+Linux kernel does not support floppies on the Macintosh at all, and
+the Debian installation system doesn't support floppies for Amigas.
+Also supported on the Atari is the Macintosh HFS system, and AFFS as a
+module.  Macs support the Atari (FAT) file system.  Amigas support the
+FAT file system, and HFS as a module.
+
+</para><para arch="sparc">
+
+Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
+the boot system. The following SCSI drivers are supported in the default
+kernel:
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Sparc ESP
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+PTI Qlogic,ISP
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Adaptec AIC7xxx
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+NCR and Symbios 53C8XX
+
+</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+IDE systems (such as the UltraSPARC 5) are also supported. See
+<ulink url="&url-sparc-linux-faq;">Linux for SPARC Processors FAQ</ulink>
+for more information on SPARC hardware supported by the Linux kernel.
+
+</para><para arch="alpha">
+
+Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
+the boot system.  This includes both SCSI and IDE disks.  Note, however,
+that on many systems, the SRM console is unable to boot from IDE drives,
+and the Jensen is unable to boot from floppies.  (see
+<ulink url="&url-jensen-howto;"></ulink>
+for more information on booting the Jensen)
+
+</para><para arch="powerpc">
+
+Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
+the boot system.  Note that the current Linux kernel does not support
+floppies on CHRP systems at all.
+
+</para><para arch="hppa">
+
+Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
+the boot system.  Note that the current Linux kernel does not support
+the floppy drive.
+
+</para><para arch="mips">
+
+Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
+the boot system.
+
+</para><para arch="s390">
+
+Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
+the boot system.  This means that FBA and ECKD DASDs are supported with
+the old Linux disk layout (ldl) and the new common S/390 disk layout (cdl).
+
+</para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>