From 1ea73eea5ecc6a8ed901316049259aee737ee554 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:51:38 +0000 Subject: move manual to top-level directory, split out of debian-installer package --- en/boot-new/boot-new.xml | 291 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 291 insertions(+) create mode 100644 en/boot-new/boot-new.xml (limited to 'en/boot-new/boot-new.xml') diff --git a/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml b/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f045e1f3c --- /dev/null +++ b/en/boot-new/boot-new.xml @@ -0,0 +1,291 @@ + + + + + Booting Into Your New Debian System + + The Moment of Truth + + +Your system's first boot on its own power is what electrical engineers +call the smoke test. + + + +If you are booting directly into Debian, and the system doesn't start +up, either use your original installation boot media, or insert the +custom boot floppy if you have one, and reset your system. This way, +you will probably need to add some boot arguments like +root=root, where +root is your root partition, such as +/dev/sda1. + +Alternatively, see for instructions on using +the installer's built-in rescue mode. + + + + + BVME 6000 Booting + + +If you have just performed a diskless install on a BVM or Motorola +VMEbus machine: once the system has loaded the +tftplilo program from the TFTP server, from the +LILO Boot: prompt enter one of: + + + + +b6000 followed by &enterkey; +to boot a BVME 4000/6000 + + + +b162 followed by &enterkey; +to boot an MVME162 + + + +b167 followed by &enterkey; +to boot an MVME166/167 + + + + + + + + + Macintosh Booting + + + +Go to the directory containing the installation files and start up the +Penguin booter, holding down the +command key. Go to the +Settings dialogue ( +command T ), and locate +the kernel options line which should look like +root=/dev/ram video=font:VGA8x16 or similar. + + + +You need to change the entry to +root=/dev/yyyy. +Replace the yyyy with the Linux name of the +partition onto which you installed the system +(e.g. /dev/sda1); you wrote this down earlier. +The video=font:VGA8x8 is recommended especially +for users with tiny screens. The kernel would pick a prettier (6x11) +font but the console driver for this font can hang the machine, so +using 8x16 or 8x8 is safer at this stage. You can change this at any +time. + + + +If you don't want to start GNU/Linux immediately each time you start, +uncheck the Auto Boot option. Save your +settings in the Prefs file using the +Save Settings As Default option. + + + +Now select Boot Now ( +command B ) to start your +freshly installed GNU/Linux instead of the RAMdisk installer system. + + + +Debian should boot, and you should see the same messages as +when you first booted the installation system, followed by some new +messages. + + + + + + OldWorld PowerMacs + + +If the machine fails to boot after completing the installation, and +stops with a boot: prompt, try typing +Linux followed by &enterkey;. (The default boot +configuration in quik.conf is labeled Linux). The +labels defined in quik.conf will be displayed if +you press the Tab key at the boot: +prompt. You can also try booting back into the installer, and editing +the /target/etc/quik.conf placed there by the +Install Quik on a Hard Disk step. Clues +for dealing with quik are available at +. + + + +To boot back into MacOS without resetting the nvram, type +bye at the OpenFirmware prompt (assuming MacOS +has not been removed from the machine). To obtain an OpenFirmware +prompt, hold down the command +option o f + keys while cold booting the machine. If you need to reset +the OpenFirmware nvram changes to the MacOS default in order to boot +back to MacOS, hold down the command +option p r + keys while cold booting the machine. + + + +If you use BootX to boot into the installed system, +just select your desired kernel in the Linux +Kernels folder, un-choose the ramdisk option, and add +a root device corresponding to your installation; +e.g. /dev/hda8. + + + + + + NewWorld PowerMacs + + +On G4 machines and iBooks, you can hold down the +option key and get a graphical screen with a button +for each bootable OS, &debian; will be a button with a small penguin +icon. + + + +If you kept MacOS and at some point it changes the OpenFirmware +boot-device variable you should reset OpenFirmware to +its default configuration. To do this hold down the +command option p +r keys while cold booting the machine. + + + +The labels defined in yaboot.conf will be +displayed if you press the Tab key at the +boot: prompt. + + + +Resetting OpenFirmware on G3 or G4 hardware will cause it to boot +&debian; by default (if you correctly partitioned and placed the +Apple_Bootstrap partition first). If you have &debian; on a SCSI disk +and MacOS on an IDE disk this may not work and you will have to enter +OpenFirmware and set the boot-device variable, +ybin normally does this automatically. + + + +After you boot &debian; for the first time you can add any additional +options you desire (such as dual boot options) to +/etc/yaboot.conf and run ybin +to update your boot partition with the changed configuration. Please +read the yaboot HOWTO +for more information. + + + + + + + Debian Post-Boot (Base) Configuration + + + +After booting, you will be prompted to complete the configuration of +your basic system, and then to select what additional packages you +wish to install. The application which guides you through this +process is called base-config. Its concept is +very similar to the &d-i; from the first stage. Indeed, +base-config consists of a number of specialized +components, where each component handles one configuration task, +contains hidden menu in the background and also uses +the same navigation system. + + + +If you wish to re-run the base-config at any +point after installation is complete, as root run +base-config. + + + +&module-bc-timezone.xml; +&module-bc-shadow.xml; +&module-bc-ppp.xml; +&module-bc-apt.xml; +&module-bc-packages.xml; +&module-bc-install.xml; +&module-bc-mta.xml; + + + + + Log In + + + +After you've installed packages, you'll be presented with the login +prompt. Log in using the personal login and password you +selected. Your system is now ready to use. + + + +If you are a new user, you may want to explore the documentation which +is already installed on your system as you start to use it. There are +currently several documentation systems, work is proceeding on +integrating the different types of documentation. Here are a few +starting points. + + + +Documentation accompanying programs you have installed is in +/usr/share/doc/, under a subdirectory named after +the program. For example, the APT User's Guide for using +apt to install other programs on your system, is +located in +/usr/share/doc/apt/guide.html/index.html. + + + + +In addition, there are some special folders within the +/usr/share/doc/ hierarchy. Linux HOWTOs are +installed in .gz format, in +/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/. After installing +dhelp you will find a browse-able index of +documentation in /usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html. + + + +One easy way to view these documents is to cd +/usr/share/doc/, and type lynx +followed by a space and a dot (the dot stands for the current +directory). + + + +You can also type info +command or man +command to see documentation on +most commands available at the command prompt. Typing +help will display help on shell commands. And +typing a command followed by --help will +usually display a short summary of the command's usage. If a command's +results scroll past the top of the screen, type | +more after the command to cause the results to pause +before scrolling past the top of the screen. To see a list of all +commands available which begin with a certain letter, type the letter +and then two tabs. + + + +For a more complete introduction to Debian and GNU/Linux, see +/usr/share/doc/debian-guide/html/noframes/index.html. + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3