# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE. # FIRST AUTHOR , YEAR. # msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: d-i-manual_preparing\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2013-05-22 19:06+0000\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" "Language: \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: application/x-xml2pot; charset=UTF-8\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:5 #, no-c-format msgid "Before Installing &debian-gnu;" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:6 #, no-c-format msgid "" "This chapter deals with the preparation for installing &debian; before you " "even boot the installer. This includes backing up your data, gathering " "information about your hardware, and locating any necessary information." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:19 #, no-c-format msgid "Overview of the Installation Process" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:20 #, no-c-format msgid "" "First, just a note about re-installations. With &debian;, a circumstance " "that will require a complete re-installation of your system is very rare; " "perhaps mechanical failure of the hard disk would be the most common case." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:27 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Many common operating systems may require a complete installation to be " "performed when critical failures take place or for upgrades to new OS " "versions. Even if a completely new installation isn't required, often the " "programs you use must be re-installed to operate properly in the new OS." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:35 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Under &debian-gnu;, it is much more likely that your OS can be repaired " "rather than replaced if things go wrong. Upgrades never require a wholesale " "installation; you can always upgrade in-place. And the programs are almost " "always compatible with successive OS releases. If a new program version " "requires newer supporting software, the &debian; packaging system ensures " "that all the necessary software is automatically identified and installed. " "The point is, much effort has been put into avoiding the need for re-" "installation, so think of it as your very last option. The installer is " "not designed to re-install over an existing system." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:48 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Here's a road map for the steps you will take during the installation " "process." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:56 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Back up any existing data or documents on the hard disk where you plan to " "install." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:62 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Gather information about your computer and any needed documentation, before " "starting the installation." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:68 #, no-c-format msgid "Create partitionable space for &debian; on your hard disk." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:73 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Locate and/or download the installer software and any specialized driver or " "firmware files your machine requires." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:79 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Set up boot media such as CDs/DVDs/USB sticks or provide a network boot " "infrastructure from which the installer can be booted." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:85 #, no-c-format msgid "Boot the installation system." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:90 #, no-c-format msgid "Select the installation language." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:95 #, no-c-format msgid "Activate the ethernet network connection, if available." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:101 #, no-c-format msgid "Configure one network interface." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:106 #, no-c-format msgid "Open an ssh connection to the new system." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:111 #, no-c-format msgid "Attach one or more DASDs (Direct Access Storage Device)." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:117 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If necessary, resize existing partitions on your target harddisk to make " "space for the installation." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:122 #, no-c-format msgid "Create and mount the partitions on which &debian; will be installed." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:127 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Watch the automatic download/install/setup of the base system." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:133 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Install a boot loader which can start up &debian-gnu; " "and/or your existing system." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:139 #, no-c-format msgid "Load the newly installed system for the first time." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:146 #, no-c-format msgid "" "For &arch-title; you have the option of using a an experimental graphical version " "of the installation system. For more information about this graphical " "installer, see ." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:154 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you have problems during the installation, it helps to know which " "packages are involved in which steps. Introducing the leading software " "actors in this installation drama:" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:160 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The installer software, debian-installer, is the " "primary concern of this manual. It detects hardware and loads appropriate " "drivers, uses dhcp-client to set up the network " "connection, runs debootstrap to install the base " "system packages, and runs tasksel to allow you to " "install certain additional software. Many more actors play smaller parts in " "this process, but debian-installer has completed its " "task when you load the new system for the first time." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:172 #, no-c-format msgid "" "To tune the system to your needs, tasksel allows you " "to choose to install various predefined bundles of software like a Web " "server or a Desktop environment." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:178 #, no-c-format msgid "" "One important option during the installation is whether or not to install a " "graphical desktop environment, consisting of the X Window System and one of " "the available graphical desktop environments. If you choose not to select " "the Desktop environment task, you will only have a relatively " "basic, command line driven system. Installing the Desktop environment task " "is optional because in relation to a text-mode-only system it requires a " "comparatively large amount of disk space and because many &debian-gnu; " "systems are servers which don't really have any need for a graphical user " "interface to do their job." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:191 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Just be aware that the X Window System is completely separate from " "debian-installer, and in fact is much more " "complicated. Troubleshooting of the X Window System is not within the scope " "of this manual." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:206 #, no-c-format msgid "Back Up Your Existing Data!" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:207 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Before you start, make sure to back up every file that is now on your " "system. If this is the first time a non-native operating system is going to " "be installed on your computer, it is quite likely you will need to re-" "partition your disk to make room for &debian-gnu;. Anytime you partition " "your disk, you run a risk of losing everything on the disk, no matter what " "program you use to do it. The programs used in the installation are quite " "reliable and most have seen years of use; but they are also quite powerful " "and a false move can cost you. Even after backing up, be careful and think " "about your answers and actions. Two minutes of thinking can save hours of " "unnecessary work." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:220 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you are creating a multi-boot system, make sure that you have the " "distribution media of any other present operating systems on hand. Even " "though this is normally not necessary, there might be situations in which " "you could be required to reinstall your operating system's boot loader to " "make the system boot or in a worst case even have to reinstall the complete " "operating system and restore your previously made backup." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:239 #, no-c-format msgid "Information You Will Need" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:242 #, no-c-format msgid "Documentation" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:245 #, no-c-format msgid "Installation Manual" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:247 #, no-c-format msgid "This document you are now reading, in plain ASCII, HTML or PDF format." msgstr "" #. Tag: itemizedlist #: preparing.xml:253 #, no-c-format msgid "&list-install-manual-files;" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:259 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The document you are now reading, which is the official version of the " "Installation Guide for the &releasename; release of &debian;; available in " "various formats and " "translations." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:268 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The document you are now reading, which is a development version of the " "Installation Guide for the next release of &debian;; available in various formats and translations." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:280 #, no-c-format msgid "Hardware documentation" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:281 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Often contains useful information on configuring or using your hardware." msgstr "" #. Tag: ulink #: preparing.xml:292 #, no-c-format msgid "The Debian Wiki hardware page" msgstr "" #. Tag: ulink #: preparing.xml:298 #, no-c-format msgid "Linux for SPARC Processors FAQ" msgstr "" #. Tag: ulink #: preparing.xml:304 #, no-c-format msgid "Linux/Mips website" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:313 #, no-c-format msgid "&arch-title; Hardware References" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:314 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Documentation of &arch-title;-specific boot sequence, commands and device " "drivers (e.g. DASD, XPRAM, Console, OSA, HiperSockets and z/VM interaction)" msgstr "" #. Tag: ulink #: preparing.xml:325 #, no-c-format msgid "Device Drivers, Features, and Commands (Linux Kernel 3.2)" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:330 #, no-c-format msgid "" "IBM Redbook describing how Linux can be combined with z/VM on zSeries and " "&arch-title; hardware." msgstr "" #. Tag: ulink #: preparing.xml:340 #, no-c-format msgid "Linux for &arch-title;" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:346 #, no-c-format msgid "" "IBM Redbook describing the Linux distributions available for the mainframe. " "It has no chapter about &debian; but the basic installation concepts are the " "same across all &arch-title; distributions." msgstr "" #. Tag: ulink #: preparing.xml:357 #, no-c-format msgid "Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and &arch-title;: Distributions" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:367 #, no-c-format msgid "Finding Sources of Hardware Information" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:368 #, no-c-format msgid "" "In many cases, the installer will be able to automatically detect your " "hardware. But to be prepared, we do recommend familiarizing yourself with " "your hardware before the install." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:374 #, no-c-format msgid "Hardware information can be gathered from:" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:381 #, no-c-format msgid "The manuals that come with each piece of hardware." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:386 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The BIOS setup screens of your computer. You can view these screens when you " "start your computer by pressing a combination of keys. Check your manual for " "the combination. Often, it is the Delete or the F2 key, but some manufacturers use other keys or key combinations. " "Usually upon starting the computer there will be a message stating which key " "to press to enter the setup screen." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:396 #, no-c-format msgid "The cases and boxes for each piece of hardware." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:402 #, no-c-format msgid "The System window in the Windows Control Panel." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:408 #, no-c-format msgid "" "System commands or tools in another operating system, including file manager " "displays. This source is especially useful for information about RAM and " "hard drive memory." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:415 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Your system administrator or Internet Service Provider. These sources can " "tell you the settings you need to set up your networking and e-mail." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:427 #, no-c-format msgid "Hardware Information Helpful for an Install" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:431 #, no-c-format msgid "Hardware" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:431 #, no-c-format msgid "Information You Might Need" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:437 #, no-c-format msgid "Hard Drives" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:438 #, no-c-format msgid "How many you have." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:440 #, no-c-format msgid "Their order on the system." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:442 #, no-c-format msgid "Whether IDE (also known as PATA), SATA or SCSI." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:444 preparing.xml:493 #, no-c-format msgid "Available free space." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:445 #, no-c-format msgid "Partitions." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:447 #, no-c-format msgid "Partitions where other operating systems are installed." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:475 #, no-c-format msgid "Network interfaces" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:476 #, no-c-format msgid "Type/model of available network interfaces." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:480 #, no-c-format msgid "Printer" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:481 #, no-c-format msgid "Model and manufacturer." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:485 #, no-c-format msgid "Video Card" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:486 #, no-c-format msgid "Type/model and manufacturer." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:490 #, no-c-format msgid "DASD" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:491 #, no-c-format msgid "Device number(s)." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:496 #, no-c-format msgid "Network" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:497 #, no-c-format msgid "Type of adapter." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:499 #, no-c-format msgid "Device numbers." msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:500 #, no-c-format msgid "Relative adapter number for OSA cards." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:508 #, no-c-format msgid "Hardware Compatibility" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:510 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Many products work without trouble on &arch-kernel;. Moreover, hardware " "support in &arch-kernel; is improving daily. However, &arch-kernel; still " "does not run as many different types of hardware as some operating systems." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:516 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Drivers in &arch-kernel; in most cases are not written for a certain " "product or brand from a specific manufacturer, " "but for a certain hardware/chipset. Many seemingly different products/brands " "are based on the same hardware design; it is not uncommon that chip " "manufacturers provide so-called reference designs for " "products based on their chips which are then used by several different " "device manufacturers and sold under lots of different product or brand names." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:527 #, no-c-format msgid "" "This has advantages and disadvantages. An advantage is that a driver for one " "chipset works with lots of different products from different manufacturers, " "as long as their product is based on the same chipset. The disadvantage is " "that it is not always easy to see which actual chipset is used in a certain " "product/brand. Unfortunately sometimes device manufacturers change the " "hardware base of their product without changing the product name or at least " "the product version number, so that when having two items of the same brand/" "product name bought at different times, they can sometimes be based on two " "different chipsets and therefore use two different drivers or there might be " "no driver at all for one of them." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:540 #, no-c-format msgid "" "For USB and PCI/PCI-Express/ExpressCard devices, a good way to find out on " "which chipset they are based is to look at their device IDs. All USB/PCI/PCI-" "Express/ExpressCard devices have so called vendor and " "product IDs, and the combination of these two is usually the " "same for any product based on the same chipset." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:548 #, no-c-format msgid "" "On Linux systems, these IDs can be read with the lsusb " "command for USB devices and with the lspci -nn command " "for PCI/PCI-Express/ExpressCard devices. The vendor and product IDs are " "usually given in the form of two hexadecimal numbers, seperated by a colon, " "such as 1d6b:0001." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:556 #, no-c-format msgid "" "An example for the output of lsusb: Bus 001 Device " "001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub, whereby 1d6b is the " "vendor ID and 0002 is the product ID." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:562 #, no-c-format msgid "" "An example for the output of lspci -nn for an Ethernet " "card: 03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., " "Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev " "06). The IDs are given inside the rightmost square brackets, i.e. " "here 10ec is the vendor- and 8168 is the product ID." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:570 #, no-c-format msgid "" "As another example, a graphics card could give the following output: " "04:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices " "[AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f]." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:576 #, no-c-format msgid "" "On Windows systems, the IDs for a device can be found in the Windows device " "manager on the tab details, where the vendor ID is prefixed " "with VEN_ and the product ID is prefixed with DEV_. On Windows 7 systems, " "you have to select the property Hardware IDs in the device " "manager's details tab to actually see the IDs, as they are not displayed by " "default." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:586 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Searching on the internet with the vendor/product ID, &arch-kernel; and driver as the search terms often results in " "information regarding the driver support status for a certain chipset. If a " "search for the vendor/product ID does not yield usable results, a search for " "the chip code names, which are also often provided by lsusb and lspci " "(RTL8111/RTL8168B in the network card example " "and RV710 in the graphics card example), can help." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:599 #, no-c-format msgid "Testing hardware compatibility with a Live-System" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:601 #, no-c-format msgid "" "&debian-gnu; is also available as a so-called live system for " "certain architectures. A live system is a preconfigured ready-to-use system " "in a compressed format that can be booted and used from a read-only medium " "like a CD or DVD. Using it by default does not create any permanent changes " "on your computer. You can change user settings and install additional " "programs from within the live system, but all this only happens in the " "computer's RAM, i.e. if you turn off the computer and boot the live system " "again, everything is reset to its defaults. If you want to see whether your " "hardware is supported by &debian-gnu;, the easiest way is to run a &debian; " "live system on it and try it out." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:614 #, no-c-format msgid "" "There are a few limitations in using a live system. The first is that as all " "changes you do within the live system must be held in your computer's RAM, " "this only works on systems with enough RAM to do that, so installing " "additional large software packages may fail due to memory constraints. " "Another limitation with regards to hardware compatibility testing is that " "the official &debian-gnu; live system contains only free components, i.e. " "there are no non-free firmware files included in it. Such non-free packages " "can of course be installed manually within the system, but there is no " "automatic detection of required firmware files like in the &d-i;, so " "installation of non-free components must be done manually if needed." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:627 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Information about the available variants of the &debian; live images can be " "found at the Debian Live Images website." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:641 #, no-c-format msgid "Network Settings" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:643 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If your computer is connected to a fixed network (i.e. an Ethernet or " "equivalent connection — not a dialup/PPP connection) which is " "administered by somebody else, you should ask your network's system " "administrator for this information:" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:651 #, no-c-format msgid "Your host name (you may be able to decide this on your own)." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:656 #, no-c-format msgid "Your domain name." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:661 #, no-c-format msgid "Your computer's IP address." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:666 #, no-c-format msgid "The netmask to use with your network." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:671 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The IP address of the default gateway system you should route to, if your " "network has a gateway." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:677 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The system on your network that you should use as a DNS (Domain Name " "Service) server." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:685 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If the network you are connected to uses DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration " "Protocol) for configuring network settings, you don't need this information " "because the DHCP server will provide it directly to your computer during the " "installation process." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:692 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you have internet access via DSL or cable modem (i.e. over a cable tv " "network) and have a router (often provided preconfigured by your phone or " "catv provider) which handles your network connectivity, DHCP is usually " "available by default." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:700 #, no-c-format msgid "" "As a rule of thumb: if you run a Windows system in your home network and did " "not have to manually perform any network settings there to achieve Internet " "access, network connectivity in &debian-gnu; will also be configured " "automatically." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:707 #, no-c-format msgid "If you use a WLAN/WiFi network, you should find out:" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:712 #, no-c-format msgid "The ESSID (network name) of your wireless network." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:717 #, no-c-format msgid "The WEP or WPA/WPA2 security key to access the network (if applicable)." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:734 #, no-c-format msgid "Meeting Minimum Hardware Requirements" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:735 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Once you have gathered information about your computer's hardware, check " "that your hardware will let you do the type of installation that you want to " "do." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:741 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Depending on your needs, you might manage with less than some of the " "recommended hardware listed in the table below. However, most users risk " "being frustrated if they ignore these suggestions." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:747 #, no-c-format msgid "" "A Pentium 4, 1GHz system is the minimum recommended for a desktop system." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:752 #, no-c-format msgid "Any OldWorld or NewWorld PowerPC can serve well as a desktop system." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:759 #, no-c-format msgid "Recommended Minimum System Requirements" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:763 #, no-c-format msgid "Install Type" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:764 #, no-c-format msgid "RAM (minimal)" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:765 #, no-c-format msgid "RAM (recommended)" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:766 #, no-c-format msgid "Hard Drive" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:772 #, no-c-format msgid "No desktop" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:773 #, no-c-format msgid "64 megabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:774 #, no-c-format msgid "256 megabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:775 #, no-c-format msgid "1 gigabyte" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:777 #, no-c-format msgid "With Desktop" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:778 #, no-c-format msgid "128 megabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:779 #, no-c-format msgid "512 megabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:780 #, no-c-format msgid "5 gigabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:785 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The actual minimum memory requirements are a lot less then the numbers " "listed in this table. Depending on the architecture, it is possible to " "install &debian; with as little as 20MB (for s390) to 60MB (for amd64). The " "same goes for the disk space requirements, especially if you pick and choose " "which applications to install; see for " "additional information on disk space requirements." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:795 #, no-c-format msgid "" "It is possible to run a graphical desktop environment on older or low-end " "systems, but in that case it is recommended to install a window manager that " "is less resource-hungry than those of the GNOME or KDE desktop environments; " "alternatives include xfce4, icewm and wmaker, but there are others to choose " "from." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:804 #, no-c-format msgid "" "It is practically impossible to give general memory or disk space " "requirements for server installations as those very much depend on what the " "server is to be used for." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:810 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Remember that these sizes don't include all the other materials which are " "usually to be found, such as user files, mail, and data. It is always best " "to be generous when considering the space for your own files and data." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:817 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Disk space required for the smooth operation of the &debian-gnu; system " "itself is taken into account in these recommended system requirements. " "Notably, the /var partition contains a lot of state " "information specific to &debian; in addition to its regular contents, like " "logfiles. The dpkg files (with information on all " "installed packages) can easily consume 40MB. Also, apt-get puts downloaded packages here before they are installed. You should " "usually allocate at least 200MB for /var, and a lot " "more if you install a graphical desktop environment." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:841 #, no-c-format msgid "Pre-Partitioning for Multi-Boot Systems" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:842 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Partitioning your disk simply refers to the act of breaking up your disk " "into sections. Each section is then independent of the others. It's roughly " "equivalent to putting up walls inside a house; if you add furniture to one " "room it doesn't affect any other room." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:849 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Whenever this section talks about disks you should translate " "this into a DASD or VM minidisk in the &arch-title; world. Also a machine " "means an LPAR or VM guest in this case." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:855 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you already have an operating system on your system (Windows 9x, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, OS/2, MacOS, Solaris, " "FreeBSD, …) (VM, z/OS, OS/390, " "…) which uses the whole disk and you want to stick &debian; " "on the same disk, you will need to repartition it. &debian; requires its own " "hard disk partitions. It cannot be installed on Windows or Mac OS X " "partitions. It may be able to share some partitions with other Unix systems, " "but that's not covered here. At the very least you will need a dedicated " "partition for the &debian; root filesystem." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:874 #, no-c-format msgid "" "You can find information about your current partition setup by using a " "partitioning tool for your current operating system, such as the integrated Disk Manager in Windows or fdisk in DOS, such as Disk Utility, Drive Setup, HD " "Toolkit, or MacTools, such as the VM diskmap. Partitioning tools always provide a way to show existing partitions " "without making changes." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:884 #, no-c-format msgid "" "In general, changing a partition with a file system already on it will " "destroy any information there. Thus you should always make backups before " "doing any repartitioning. Using the analogy of the house, you would probably " "want to move all the furniture out of the way before moving a wall or you " "risk destroying it." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:892 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Several modern operating systems offer the ability to move and resize " "certain existing partitions without destroying their contents. This allows " "making space for additional partitions without losing existing data. Even " "though this works quite well in most cases, making changes to the " "partitioning of a disk is an inherently dangerous action and should only be " "done after having made a full backup of all data. For FAT/FAT32 and NTFS partitions as used by DOS and Windows systems, " "the ability to move and resize them losslessly is provided both by &d-i; as " "well as by the integrated Disk Manager of Windows 7. " msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:907 #, no-c-format msgid "" "To losslessly resize an existing FAT or NTFS partition from within &d-i;, go " "to the partitioning step, select the option for manual partitioning, select " "the partition to resize, and simply specify its new size." msgstr "" #. Tag: emphasis #: preparing.xml:915 #, no-c-format msgid "FIXME: write about HP-UX disks?" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:917 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Creating and deleting partitions can be done from within &d-i; as well as " "from an existing operating system. As a rule of thumb, partitions should be " "created by the system for which they are to be used, i.e. partitions to be " "used by &debian-gnu; should be created from within &d-i; and partitions to " "be used from another operating system should be created from there. &d-i; is " "capable of creating non-&arch-kernel; partitions, and partitions created " "this way usually work without problems when used in other operating systems, " "but there are a few rare corner cases in which this could cause problems, so " "if you want to be sure, use the native partitioning tools to create " "partitions for use by other operating systems." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:930 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you are going to install more than one operating system on the same " "machine, you should install all other system(s) before proceeding with the " "&debian; installation. Windows and other OS installations may destroy your " "ability to start &debian;, or encourage you to reformat non-native " "partitions." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:938 #, no-c-format msgid "" "You can recover from these actions or avoid them, but installing the native " "system first saves you trouble." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:943 #, no-c-format msgid "" "In order for OpenFirmware to automatically boot &debian-gnu; the &arch-" "parttype; partitions should appear before all other partitions on the disk, " "especially Mac OS X boot partitions. This should be kept in mind when pre-" "partitioning; you should create a &arch-parttype; placeholder partition to " "come before the other bootable partitions on the disk. " "(The small partitions dedicated to Apple disk drivers are not bootable.) You " "can delete the placeholder with the &debian; partition tools later during " "the actual install, and replace it with &arch-parttype; partitions." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1019 #, no-c-format msgid "Partitioning from SunOS" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1021 #, no-c-format msgid "" "It's perfectly fine to partition from SunOS; in fact, if you intend to run " "both SunOS and &debian; on the same machine, it is recommended that you " "partition using SunOS prior to installing &debian;. The Linux kernel " "understands Sun disk labels, so there are no problems there. SILO supports " "booting Linux and SunOS from any of EXT2 (Linux), UFS (SunOS), romfs or " "iso9660 (CDROM) partitions." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1033 #, no-c-format msgid "Partitioning from Linux or another OS" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1035 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Whatever system you are using to partition, make sure you create a " "Sun disk label on your boot disk. This is the only kind of " "partition scheme that the OpenBoot PROM understands, and so it's the only " "scheme from which you can boot. In fdisk, the s key is used to create Sun disk labels. You only need to do this on " "drives that do not already have a Sun disk label. If you are using a drive " "that was previously formatted using a PC (or other architecture) you must " "create a new disk label, or problems with the disk geometry will most likely " "occur." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1047 #, no-c-format msgid "" "You will probably be using SILO as your boot loader (the " "small program which runs the operating system kernel). SILO has certain requirements for partition sizes and location; see " "." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1062 #, no-c-format msgid "Mac OS X Partitioning" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1064 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The Disk Utility application can be found under " "the Utilities menu in Mac OS X Installer. It will not " "adjust existing partitions; it is limited to partitioning the entire disk at " "once." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1070 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Remember to create a placeholder partition for GNU/Linux, preferably " "positioned first in the disk layout. it doesn't matter what type it is, it " "will be deleted and replaced later inside the &debian-gnu; installer." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1076 #, no-c-format msgid "" "&debian; installer partition table editing tools are compatible with OS X, " "but not with MacOS 9. If you are planning to use both MacOS 9 and OS X, it " "is best to install OS X and &debian; on one hard drive, and put MacOS 9 on a " "separate hard drive. Separate options for OS 9 and OS X will appear when " "holding the option key at boot time, and separate options " "can be installed in the yaboot boot menu as well." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1086 #, no-c-format msgid "" "GNU/Linux is unable to access information on UFS partitions, but can access " "HFS+ (aka MacOS Extended) partitions. OS X requires one of these two types " "for its boot partition. MacOS 9 can be installed on either HFS (aka MacOS " "Standard) or HFS+. To share information between the Mac OS X and GNU/Linux " "systems, an exchange partition is handy. HFS, HFS+ and MS-DOS FAT file " "systems are supported by MacOS 9, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1106 #, no-c-format msgid "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1107 #, no-c-format msgid "" "This section will walk you through pre-installation hardware setup, if any, " "that you will need to do prior to installing &debian;. Generally, this " "involves checking and possibly changing BIOS/system firmware settings for " "your system. The BIOS or system firmware is " "the core software used by the hardware; it is most critically invoked during " "the bootstrap process (after power-up)." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1122 #, no-c-format msgid "Invoking the BIOS Set-Up Menu" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1124 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The BIOS provides the basic functions needed to boot your machine and to " "allow your operating system to access your hardware. Your system provides a " "BIOS setup menu, which is used to configure the BIOS. To enter the BIOS " "setup menu you have to press a key or key combination after turning on the " "computer. Often it is the Delete or the F2 " "key, but some manufacturers use other keys. Usually upon starting the " "computer there will be a message stating which key to press to enter the " "setup screen." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1138 preparing.xml:1290 #, no-c-format msgid "Boot Device Selection" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1140 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Within the BIOS setup menu, you can select which devices shall be checked in " "which sequence for a bootable operating system. Possible choices usually " "include the internal harddisks, the CD/DVD-ROM drive and USB mass storage " "devices such as USB sticks or external USB harddisks. On modern systems " "there is also often a possibility to enable network booting via PXE." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1148 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Depending on the installation media (CD/DVD ROM, USB stick, network boot) " "you have chosen you should enable the appropriate boot devices if they are " "not already enabled." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1154 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Most BIOS versions allow to call up a boot menu on system startup in which " "you select from which device the computer should start for the current " "session. If this option is available, the BIOS usually displays a short " "message like press F12 for boot menu on " "system startup. The actual key used to select this menu varies from system " "to system; commonly used keys are F12, F11 " "and F8. Choosing a device from this menu does not change " "the default boot order of the BIOS, i.e. you can start once from a USB stick " "while having configured the internal harddisk as the normal primary boot " "device." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1168 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If your BIOS does not provide you with a boot menu to do ad-hoc choices of " "the current boot device, you have to change your BIOS setup to make the " "device from which the &d-i; shall be booted the primary boot device." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1174 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Unfortunately some computers contain buggy BIOS versions. Booting &d-i; from " "a USB stick might not work even if there is an appropriate option in the " "BIOS setup menu and the stick is selected as the primary boot device. On " "some of these systems using a USB stick as boot medium is impossible; others " "can be tricked into booting from the stick by changing the device type in " "the BIOS setup from the default USB harddisk or USB " "stick to USB ZIP or USB CDROM. In particular if you use an isohybrid CD/" "DVD image on a USB stick (see ), " "changing the device type to USB CDROM helps on some BIOSes " "which will not boot from a USB stick in USB harddisk mode." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1189 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you cannot manipulate the BIOS to boot directly from a USB stick you " "still have the option of using an ISO copied to the stick. Boot &d-i; using " " and, after scanning the hard drives for " "an installer ISO image, select the USB device and choose an installation " "image." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1207 #, no-c-format msgid "Invoking OpenFirmware" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1208 #, no-c-format msgid "" "There is normally no need to set up the BIOS (called OpenFirmware) on &arch-" "title; systems. PReP and CHRP are equipped with OpenFirmware, but " "unfortunately, the means you use to invoke it vary from manufacturer to " "manufacturer. You'll have to consult the hardware documentation which came " "with your machine." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1216 #, no-c-format msgid "" "On &arch-title; Macintoshes, you invoke OpenFirmware with " "Command (cloverleaf/Apple)Optionof while booting. " "Generally it will check for these keystrokes after the chime, but the exact " "timing varies from model to model. See for more hints." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1224 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The OpenFirmware prompt looks like this: \n" "ok\n" "0 >\n" " Note that on older model &arch-title; Macs, the " "default and sometimes hardwired I/O for OpenFirmware user interaction is " "through the serial (modem) port. If you invoke OpenFirmware on one of these " "machines, you will just see a black screen. In that case, a terminal program " "running on another computer, connected to the modem port, is needed to " "interact with OpenFirmware." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1237 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The OpenFirmware on OldWorld Beige G3 machines, OF versions 2.0f1 and 2.4, " "is broken. These machines will most likely not be able to boot from the hard " "drive unless the firmware is patched. A firmware patch is included in the " "System Disk 2.3.1 utility, available from Apple " "at . After unpacking the utility in MacOS, " "and launching it, select the Save button to have the " "firmware patches installed to nvram." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1257 #, no-c-format msgid "Invoking OpenBoot" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1259 #, no-c-format msgid "" "OpenBoot provides the basic functions needed to boot the &arch-title; " "architecture. This is rather similar in function to the BIOS in the x86 " "architecture, although much nicer. The Sun boot PROMs have a built-in forth " "interpreter which lets you do quite a number of things with your machine, " "such as diagnostics and simple scripts." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1267 #, no-c-format msgid "" "To get to the boot prompt you need to hold down the Stop " "key (on older type 4 keyboards, use the L1 key, if you have " "a PC keyboard adapter, use the Break key) and press the " "A key. The boot PROM will give you a prompt, either " "ok or >. It is preferred to " "have the ok prompt. So if you get the old style " "prompt, hit the n key to get the new style prompt." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1279 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you are using a serial console, send a break to the machine. With " "Minicom, use Ctrl-A F, with cu, hit Enter, " "then type %~break. Consult the documentation of your " "terminal emulator if you are using a different program." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1292 #, no-c-format msgid "" "You can use OpenBoot to boot from specific devices, and also to change your " "default boot device. However, you need to know some details about how " "OpenBoot names devices; it's considerably different from Linux device " "naming, described in . Also, the command " "will vary a bit, depending on what version of OpenBoot you have. More " "information about OpenBoot can be found in the Sun OpenBoot Reference." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1302 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Typically, with newer revisions, you can use OpenBoot devices such as " "floppy, cdrom, net, " "disk, or disk2. These have the obvious " "meanings; the net device is for booting from the network. " "Additionally, the device name can specify a particular partition of a disk, " "such as disk2:a to boot disk2, first partition. Full OpenBoot " "device names have the form: \n" "driver-name@\n" "unit-address:\n" "device-arguments\n" " In older revisions of OpenBoot, device naming is " "a bit different: the floppy device is called /fd, and SCSI " "disk devices are of the form sd(controller, disk-target-id, disk-" "lun). The command show-devs in " "newer OpenBoot revisions is useful for viewing the currently configured " "devices. For full information, whatever your revision, see the Sun OpenBoot Reference." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1325 #, no-c-format msgid "" "To boot from a specific device, use the command boot " "device. You can set this behavior as " "the default using the setenv command. However, the " "name of the variable to set changed between OpenBoot revisions. In OpenBoot " "1.x, use the command setenv boot-from device. In later revisions of OpenBoot, use the command " "setenv boot-device device. " "Note, this is also configurable using the eeprom command " "on Solaris, or modifying the appropriate files in /proc/openprom/" "options/, for example under Linux: \n" "# echo disk1:1 > /proc/openprom/options/boot-device\n" " and under Solaris:" msgstr "" #. Tag: screen #: preparing.xml:1344 #, no-c-format msgid "eeprom boot-device=disk1:1" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1354 #, no-c-format msgid "BIOS Setup" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1355 #, no-c-format msgid "" "In order to install &debian-gnu; on a &arch-title; or zSeries machine you " "have first boot a kernel into the system. The boot mechanism of this " "platform is inherently different to other ones, especially from PC-like " "systems: there are no floppy devices available at all. You will notice " "another big difference while you work with this platform: most (if not all) " "of the time you will work remote, with the help of some client session " "software like telnet, or a browser. This is due to that special system " "architecture where the 3215/3270 console is line-based instead of character-" "based." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1367 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Linux on this platform runs either natively on the bare machine, in a so-" "called LPAR (Logical Partition) or in a virtual machine supplied by the VM " "system. Boot media differs depending on the runtime mode. For example, you " "can use the virtual card reader of a virtual machine, or boot from the HMC " "(Hardware Management Console) of an LPAR if the HMC and this option is " "available for you." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1376 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Before you actually perform an installation, you have to go over some design " "and preparation steps. IBM has made documentation available about the whole " "process, e.g. how to prepare an installation medium and how actually to boot " "from that medium. Duplicating that information here is neither possible nor " "necessary. However, we will describe here which kind of &debian;-specific " "data is needed and where to find it. Using both sources of information, you " "have to prepare your machine and the installation medium before you can " "perform a boot from it. When you see the welcome message in your client " "session, return to this document to go through the &debian;-specific " "installation steps." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1393 #, no-c-format msgid "Native and LPAR installations" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1394 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Please refer to chapter 5 of the Linux for &arch-title; Redbook " "and chapter 3.2 of the Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and &arch-title;: " "Distributions Redbook on how to set up an LPAR for Linux." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1408 #, no-c-format msgid "Installation as a VM guest" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1410 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Please refer to chapter 6 of the Linux for &arch-title; Redbook " "and chapter 3.1 of the Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and &arch-title;: " "Distributions Redbook on how to set up a VM guest for running Linux." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1420 #, no-c-format msgid "" "You need to copy all the files from the generic sub-" "directory to your CMS disk. Be sure to transfer kernel.debian and initrd.debian in binary mode with a fixed " "record length of 80 characters (by specifying BINARY " "and LOCSITE FIX 80 in your FTP client). " "parmfile.debian can be in either ASCII or EBCDIC " "format. A sample debian.exec script, which will punch " "the files in the proper order, is included with the images." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1437 #, no-c-format msgid "Setting up an installation server" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1439 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you don't have a connection to the Internet (either directly or via a web " "proxy) you need to create a local installation server that can be accessed " "from your S/390. This server keeps all the packages you want to install and " "must make them available using NFS, HTTP or FTP." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1447 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The installation server needs to copy the exact directory structure from any " "&debian-gnu; mirror, but only the s390 and architecture-independent files " "are required. You can also copy the contents of all installation CDs into " "such a directory tree." msgstr "" #. Tag: emphasis #: preparing.xml:1456 #, no-c-format msgid "FIXME: more information needed — from a Redbook?" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1463 #, no-c-format msgid "Hardware Issues to Watch Out For" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1466 #, no-c-format msgid "USB BIOS support and keyboards" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1467 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you have no PS/2-style keyboard, but only a USB model, on some very old " "PCs you may need to enable legacy keyboard emulation in your BIOS setup to " "be able to use your keyboard in the bootloader menu, but this is not an " "issue for modern systems. If your keyboard does not work in the bootloader " "menu, consult your mainboard manual and look in the BIOS for Legacy " "keyboard emulation or USB keyboard support options." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1480 #, no-c-format msgid "Display-visibility on OldWorld Powermacs" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1482 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Some OldWorld Powermacs, most notably those with the control " "display driver, may not reliably produce a colormap under Linux when the " "display is configured for more than 256 colors. If you are experiencing such " "issues with your display after rebooting (you can sometimes see data on the " "monitor, but on other occasions cannot see anything) or, if the screen turns " "black after booting the installer instead of showing you the user interface, " "try changing your display settings under MacOS to use 256 colors instead of " "thousands or millions." msgstr ""