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@@ -473,3 +473,83 @@ to the boot prompt, as described in the help text.
 </para>
 
   </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 condition="gtk" id="graphical">
+  <title>The Graphical Installer</title>
+<para>
+
+The graphical version of the installer is only available for a limited
+number of architectures, including &arch-title;. The functionality of
+the graphical installer is essentially the same as that of the regular
+installer as it basically uses the same programs, but with a different
+frontend.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Although the functionality is identical, the graphical installer still has
+a few significant advantages. The main advantage is that it supports more
+languages, namely those that use a character set that cannot be displayed
+with the regular <quote>newt</quote> frontend. It also has a few usability
+advantages such as the option to use a mouse, and in some cases several
+questions can be displayed on a single screen.
+
+</para><para arch="any-x86">
+
+The graphical installer is available with all CD images and with the
+hd-media installation method. To boot the graphical installer simply select
+the relevant option from the boot menu. Expert and rescue mode for the
+graphical installer can be selected from the <quote>Advanced options</quote>
+menu. The previously used boot methods <userinput>installgui</userinput>,
+<userinput>expertgui</userinput> and <userinput>rescuegui</userinput> can
+still be used from the boot prompt which is shown after selecting the
+<quote>Help</quote> option in the boot menu.
+
+</para><para arch="any-x86">
+
+There is also a graphical installer image that can be netbooted. And there
+is a special <quote>mini</quote> ISO image<footnote id="gtk-miniiso">
+
+<para>
+The mini ISO image can be downloaded from a &debian; mirror as described
+in <xref linkend="downloading-files"/>.
+Look for <filename>netboot/gtk/mini.iso</filename>.
+</para>
+
+</footnote>, which is mainly useful for testing.
+
+</para><para arch="powerpc">
+
+For &arch-title;, currently only an experimental <quote>mini</quote> ISO
+image is available<footnote id="gtk-miniiso">
+
+<para>
+The mini ISO image can be downloaded from a &debian; mirror as described
+in <xref linkend="downloading-files"/>.
+Look for <filename>netboot/gtk/mini.iso</filename>.
+</para>
+
+</footnote>. It should work on almost all PowerPC systems that have
+an ATI graphical card, but is unlikely to work on other systems.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Just as with the regular installer it is possible to add boot parameters
+when starting the graphical installer.
+
+</para>
+<note><para>
+
+The graphical installer requires significantly more memory to run than
+the regular installer: &minimum-memory-gtk;. If insufficient memory is
+available, it will automatically fall back to the regular
+<quote>newt</quote> frontend.
+
+</para><para>
+
+If the amount of memory in your system is below &minimum-memory;,
+the graphical installer may fail to boot at all while booting the
+regular installer would still work. Using the regular installer is
+recommended for systems with little available memory.
+
+</para></note>
+ </sect2>