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 --- fi/boot-installer/i386.xml | 379 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 379 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fi/boot-installer/i386.xml (limited to 'fi/boot-installer/i386.xml') diff --git a/fi/boot-installer/i386.xml b/fi/boot-installer/i386.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1e05a3ee8 --- /dev/null +++ b/fi/boot-installer/i386.xml @@ -0,0 +1,379 @@ + + + + Booting from a CD-ROM + +&boot-installer-intro-cd.xml; + + + + + + + + + + Booting from Linux Using <command>LILO</command> or + <command>GRUB</command> + + +To boot the installer from hard disk, you must first download +and place the needed files as described in . + + + +If you intend to use the hard drive only for booting and then +download everything over the network, you should download the +netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz file and its +corresponding kernel. This will allow you to repartition the hard disk +from which you boot the installer, although you should do so with care. + + + +Alternatively, if you intend to keep an existing partition on the hard +drive unchanged during the install, you can download the +hd-media/initrd.gz file and its kernel, as well as +copy a CD iso to the drive (make sure the file is named ending in +.iso). The installer can then boot from the drive +and install from the CD image, without needing the network. + + + +For LILO, you will need to configure two +essential things in /etc/lilo.conf: + + + +to load the initrd.gz installer at boot time; + + + + +have the vmlinuz kernel use a RAM disk as +its root partition. + + + + +Here is a /etc/lilo.conf example: + + + + +image=/boot/newinstall/vmlinuz + label=newinstall + initrd=/boot/newinstall/initrd.gz + root=/dev/ram0 + append="devfs=mount,dall ramdisk_size=12000" + + +For more details, refer to the +initrd +4 and +lilo.conf +5 man pages. Now run +lilo and reboot. + + + +The procedure for GRUB is quite similar. Locate your +menu.lst in the /boot/grub/ +directory (sometimes in the /boot/boot/grub/), +add the following lines: + + +title New Install +kernel (hd0,0)/boot/newinstall/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=12000 +initrd (hd0,0)/boot/newinstall/initrd.gz + + +and reboot. If the boot fails, you can try adding +devfs=mount,dall to the kernel line. + + + + +Note that the value of the ramdisk_size may need to be +adjusted for the size of the initrd image. +From here on, there should be no difference between GRUB +or LILO. + + + + + + Booting from USB Memory Stick + + +Let's assume you have prepared everything from and . Now +just plug your USB stick into some free USB connector and reboot the +computer. The system should boot up, and you should be presented with +the boot: prompt. Here you can enter optional boot +arguments, or just hit &enterkey;. + + + +In case your computer doesn't support booting from USB memory devices, +you can still use a single floppy to do the initial boot and then +switch to USB. Boot your system as described in ; +the kernel on the boot floppy should detect your USB stick automatically. +When it asks for the root floppy, simply press &enterkey;. You should see +&d-i; starting. + + + + + + Booting from Floppies + + +You will have already downloaded the floppy images you needed and +created floppies from the images in . + + + + +To boot from the installer boot floppy, place it in the primary floppy +drive, shut down the system as you normally would, then turn it back +on. + + + +For installing from an LS-120 drive (ATAPI version) with a set of +floppies, you need to specify the virtual location for the floppy +device. This is done with the root= boot +argument, giving the device that the ide-floppy driver maps the device +to. For example, if your LS-120 drive is connected as the first IDE +device (master) on the second cable, you enter +linux root=/dev/hdc at the boot prompt. +Installation from LS-120 is only supported by 2.4 and later kernels. + + + +Note that on some machines, Control +Alt Delete does not +properly reset the machine, so a hard reboot is recommended. If +you are installing from an existing operating system (e.g., from a DOS +box) you don't have a choice. Otherwise, please do a hard reboot when +booting. + + + +The floppy disk will be accessed, and you should then see a screen +that introduces the boot floppy and ends with the boot: +prompt. + + + +Once you press &enterkey;, you should see the message +Loading..., followed by +Uncompressing Linux..., and +then a screenfull or so of information about the hardware in your +system. More information on this phase of the boot process can be +found below in . + + + +After booting from the boot floppy, the root floppy is +requested. Insert the root floppy and press &enterkey;, and the +contents are loaded into memory. The installer program +debian-installer is automatically launched. + + + + + Booting with TFTP + +&boot-installer-intro-net.xml; + + + +There are various ways to do a TFTP boot on i386. + + + + NIC or Motherboard that support PXE + + +It could be that your Network Interface Card or Motherboard provides +PXE boot functionality. +This is a Intel re-implemention +of TFTP boot. If so you may be able to configure your BIOS to boot from the +network. + + + + + NIC with Network BootROM + + +It could be that your Network Interface Card provides +TFTP boot functionality. + + + +Let us (&email-debian-boot-list;) know how did you manage it. +Please refer to this document. + + + + + Etherboot + + +The etherboot project +provides bootdiskettes and even bootroms that do a TFTPboot. + + + + + + The Boot Prompt + + +When the installer boots, you should be presented with a friendly graphical +screen showing the Debian logo and the boot prompt: + + +Press F1 for help, or ENTER to boot: + + +At the boot prompt +you can either just press &enterkey; to boot the installer with +default options or enter a specific boot method and, optionally, boot +parameters. + + + +Information on available boot methods and on boot parameters which might +be useful can be found by pressing F2 through +F7F8. If you add any parameters to +the boot command line, be sure to type the boot method (the default is +linux) and a space before the first parameter (e.g., +linux debconf/priority=medium). + + + +If you are installing the system via a remote management device that +provides a text interface to the VGA console, you may not be able to +see the initial graphical splash screen upon booting the installer; +you may even not see the boot prompt. Examples of these devices include +the text console of Compaq's integrated Lights Out (iLO) +and HP's Integrated Remote Assistant (IRA). +You can blindly press F1 + + + +In some cases these devices will require special escape sequences to +enact this keypress, for example the IRA uses Ctrl +F , 1. + + + + to bypass this screen and view the help text. Once you are +past the splash screen and at the help text your keystrokes will be echoed +at the prompt as expected. To prevent the installer from using the +framebuffer for the rest of the installation, you will also want to add +debian-installer/framebuffer=false to the boot prompt, +as described in the help text. + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3