installation-guide - Debian installation manual

Age	Commit message (Collapse)	Author
2007-01-15	- Update control file for dropped m68k and added amd64 architectures	Frans Pop
	- Release version 20070115
2007-01-15	* Avoid generating XML files multiple times for translations using PO files	Frans Pop
	when using build.sh or buildweb.sh sripts.
2007-01-15	* Prepare for release. This release is mostly for testing purposes, the real	Frans Pop
	release targeted at Etch will be next week. * Add and enable AMD64 architecture. * Disable Catalan, Korean, Spanish and Brazillian translations as they are not yet complete. * Enable Finnish translation.
2007-01-06	Document new option to blacklist kernel modules	Frans Pop

2007-01-03	Document the graphical installer, including the main known issues	Frans Pop

2007-01-01	- Update number of developers, packages and mailing lists	Frans Pop
	- General revision of minimum hardware requirements throughout the manual - Update of installed/download size of tasks - Delete some unused entities in build/entities/common.ent
2006-12-31	- Etch ships with X.Org 7.1	Frans Pop
	- Fix some minor spacing problems - Delete or update some obsoleted information - General minor fixes
2006-12-31	- Clean out ancient hardware issues	Frans Pop
	- Update Sparc specific information; many thanks to Jurij Smakov for his review of the Sparc manual
2006-12-29	- Document mirror/protocol boot parameter with short explanation of ftp protocol	Frans Pop
	- Use a clearer way to list the short form of parameters
2006-12-29	Remove sun4cd (sparc32) from and add sun4v (sparc64) in hardware table	Frans Pop

2006-12-29	Document common installation issues for Sparc. Thanks to Jurij Smakov for ↵	Frans Pop
	his overview of issues
2006-12-29	Rewrite of NIC support, document wireless support (for selected arches) and ↵	Frans Pop
	explain issues surrounding drivers that require firmware
2006-12-29	Add extended section on email configuration (moved from using-d-i as exim4 ↵	Frans Pop
	now configures for "local mail only" by default)
2006-12-28	Add note for m68k that it is not a release architecture for Etch	Frans Pop

2006-12-27	Extend description of lowmem installs based on a patch suggested by Holger ↵	Frans Pop
	Wansing
2006-12-27	More corrections suggested by Clytie	Frans Pop

2006-12-27	Minor corrections and some rewrites based on suggestions from Clytie Siddall	Frans Pop

2006-12-26	Changes suggested in extensive review by Wiktor Wandachowicz	Frans Pop

2006-12-26	Changelog for previous commit	Frans Pop

2006-12-26	Update kernel version for all arches to 2.6.18.	Frans Pop

2006-12-26	PowerPC/APUS is currently not supported; removed from hardware table	Frans Pop

2006-12-26	Update documenation for Sparc, based on patch by Jurij Smakov	Frans Pop

2006-12-26	Document anna/choose_modules boot parameter	Frans Pop

2006-12-26	Add Holger for accuracy	Frans Pop

2006-12-26	Clarifications based on comments from Tapio Lehtonen	Frans Pop

2006-12-24	Remove section on reactivating Windows; the installer should detect it ↵	Frans Pop
	automatically after all
2006-12-24	Remove ancient section on parity RAM	Frans Pop

2006-12-24	Fix reference to Save debug logs menu option; thanks Philippe Batailler	Frans Pop

2006-12-24	* Add a note that installation reports will be published.	Frans Pop

2006-12-24	Clarify what happens on first boot and how to get help to in case of problems	Frans Pop

2006-12-24	* boot-new:	Frans Pop
	- Remove reference to apt guide (not installed by default) and obsolete debian-guide. Thanks, Philippe Batailler. Closes: #402439, #402492. - As lynx is no longer installed, suggest w3m as text based browser. - Explain how to browse /usr/share/doc/ using a graphical web browser. - Mention documentation packages.
2006-12-09	Minor corrections suggested by Holger Wansing	Frans Pop

2006-12-09	Add changelog entry	Frans Pop

2006-11-29	Talk about ixp4xx rather than the more specific nslu2.	Martin Michlmayr

2006-11-29	Mention Intel IOP32x support.	Martin Michlmayr

2006-11-29	Mention that RiscPC support is incomplete.	Martin Michlmayr

2006-11-28	* Explain usage of "owner" prefix when setting values for debconf variables	Frans Pop
	intended for the target system at the boot prompt. * Give some examples of preseeding questions from the boot prompt. * Document how to install the KDE desktop environment instead of GNOME. * Don't list unsupported frontends in boot parameters section.
2006-11-22	* Add condition "g-i" for arches that support the graphical installer.	Frans Pop
	* Document mouse/left boot parameter.
2006-11-10	Document how to install KDE instead of Gnome in the section on pkgsel	Frans Pop

2006-11-04	Document how to pass parameters to kernel modules on boot	Frans Pop

2006-10-30	update	Joey Hess

2006-10-30	* Applied Phil's auto mode documentation patch, edited it, and moved	Joey Hess
	some things around for clarity. Closes: #395910
2006-10-30	Add misplaced entry	Frans Pop

2006-10-28	New troubleshooting section on how to deal with CD-ROM related problems	Frans Pop

2006-10-28	Add changelog entry for last commit	Frans Pop

2006-10-28	Fix changelog entry	Frans Pop

2006-10-28	clarify meaning of "--" on boot command line	Philip Hands

2006-10-27	* Update the installation report template to match current one in	Joey Hess
	installation-report.
2006-10-23	Fix issues reported by Clytie Siddall	Frans Pop

2006-10-17	* Remove hardcoded paths to executables in buildone.sh.	Joey Hess
	* Set HOME to a temporary directory before running w3m, to avoid it trying to write to a home directory that may not exist on the buildds. (See #393641)