# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE. # FIRST AUTHOR , YEAR. # #, fuzzy msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n" "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org\n" "POT-Creation-Date: 2023-08-04 23:04+0000\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" "Content-Type: text/plain; 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 "Select and install additional software." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:138 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Install a boot loader which can start up &debian-gnu; " "and/or your existing system." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:144 #, no-c-format msgid "Load the newly installed system for the first time." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:151 #, no-c-format msgid "" "For &arch-title; you have the option of using a an experimental an experimental graphical version of the installation " "system. For more information about this graphical installer, see ." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:160 #, 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:166 #, 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:178 #, 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:184 #, 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:197 #, 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:212 #, no-c-format msgid "Back Up Your Existing Data!" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:213 #, 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 of &debian-" "gnu; 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:226 #, 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:245 #, no-c-format msgid "Information You Will Need" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:248 #, no-c-format msgid "Documentation" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:251 #, no-c-format msgid "Installation Manual" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:253 #, no-c-format msgid "This document you are now reading, in plain ASCII, HTML or PDF format." msgstr "" #. Tag: itemizedlist #: preparing.xml:259 #, no-c-format msgid "&list-install-manual-files;" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:265 #, 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:274 #, 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:286 #, no-c-format msgid "Hardware documentation" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:287 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Often contains useful information on configuring or using your hardware." msgstr "" #. Tag: ulink #: preparing.xml:298 #, no-c-format msgid "The Debian Wiki hardware page" 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/UEFI 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, separated 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 7/10 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: title #: preparing.xml:763 #, no-c-format msgid "Recommended Minimum System Requirements" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:767 #, no-c-format msgid "Install Type" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:768 #, no-c-format msgid "RAM (minimum)" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:769 #, no-c-format msgid "RAM (recommended)" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:770 #, no-c-format msgid "Hard Drive" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:776 #, no-c-format msgid "No desktop" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:777 #, no-c-format msgid "256 megabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:778 #, no-c-format msgid "512 megabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:779 #, no-c-format msgid "4 gigabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:781 #, no-c-format msgid "With Desktop" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:782 #, no-c-format msgid "1 gigabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:783 #, no-c-format msgid "2 gigabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: entry #: preparing.xml:784 #, no-c-format msgid "10 gigabytes" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:789 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The minimum values assumes that swap will be enabled and a non-liveCD image " "is used. The No desktop value assumes that the non-graphical " "(text-based) installer is used." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:795 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The actual minimum memory requirements are a lot less than the numbers " "listed in this table. With swap enabled, it is possible to install &debian; " "with as little as &minimum-memory-strict;. 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:805 #, 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 Plasma desktop " "environments; alternatives include xfce4, " "icewm and wmaker, but there " "are others to choose from." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:814 #, 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:820 #, 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:827 #, 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 " "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:851 #, no-c-format msgid "Pre-Partitioning for Multi-Boot Systems" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:852 #, 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:859 #, 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:865 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you already have an operating system on your system (Windows, 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:884 #, 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, 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:893 #, 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:901 #, 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 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." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:915 #, 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: title #: preparing.xml:988 #, no-c-format msgid "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:989 #, 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/UEFI/system firmware settings " "for your system. The BIOS/UEFI 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:1004 #, no-c-format msgid "Invoking the BIOS/UEFI Set-Up Menu" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1006 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The BIOS/UEFI provides the basic functions needed to boot your machine and " "to allow your operating system to access your hardware. Your system provides " "a BIOS/UEFI setup menu, which is used to configure the BIOS/UEFI. To enter " "the BIOS/UEFI 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:1020 preparing.xml:1445 #, no-c-format msgid "Boot Device Selection" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1022 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Within the BIOS/UEFI 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:1030 #, 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:1036 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Most BIOS/UEFI versions allow you 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/UEFI 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/UEFI, 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:1050 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If your BIOS/UEFI does not provide you with a boot menu to do ad-hoc choices " "of the current boot device, you will have to change your BIOS/UEFI setup to " "make the device from which the &d-i; shall be booted the primary boot device." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1056 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Unfortunately some computers may contain buggy BIOS/UEFI versions. Booting " "&d-i; from a USB stick might not work even if there is an appropriate option " "in the BIOS/UEFI 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/UEFI setup from the default USB harddisk or USB stick to USB ZIP or USB " "CDROM. In particular if " "you use an isohybrid installation 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. You may need to configure your BIOS/UEFI to enable " "USB legacy support." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1072 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If you cannot manipulate the BIOS/UEFI 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:1138 #, no-c-format msgid "How to update bare metal ppc64el firmware" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1139 #, no-c-format msgid "" "This is an excerpt from IBM PowerKVM on " "IBM POWER8." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1144 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Open Power Abstraction Layer (OPAL) is the system firmware in the stack of " "POWER processor-based server." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1149 #, no-c-format msgid "" "There may be instances when the user might have to upgrade the Power Systems " "firmware to a more recent level to acquire new features or additional " "support for devices." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1155 #, no-c-format msgid "Make sure that the following requirements are met:" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1160 #, no-c-format msgid "an OS to be running on the system;" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1162 #, no-c-format msgid "the .img file of the OPAL level that the user needs to update to;" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1164 #, no-c-format msgid "the machine isn't under HMC control." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1168 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Power Systems has two sides of flash to boot firmware from, namely permanent " "and temporary. This provides a way to test firmware updates on the temporary " "side of the flash before committing the tested changes to the permanent " "side, thereby committing the new updates." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1175 #, no-c-format msgid "Perform the following steps for the update:" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1180 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Save the level of the existing firmware before really updating. In ASM, in " "the system menu, click Service Aids -> Service Processor Command " "Line, and run the following command:" msgstr "" #. Tag: screen #: preparing.xml:1184 #, no-c-format msgid "cupdcmd -f" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1185 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Download the .img file of the level of firmware to be updated to a location " "in the host filesystem. Refer to IBM Fix " "Central for downloading the image file." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1190 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Verify the image downloaded by running the following command and save the " "output." msgstr "" #. Tag: screen #: preparing.xml:1193 #, no-c-format msgid "$update_flash -v -f <file_name.img>" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1195 #, no-c-format msgid "Update the firmware by running the following command." msgstr "" #. Tag: screen #: preparing.xml:1197 #, no-c-format msgid "$update_flash -f <file_name.img>" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1203 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The command reboots the system and therefore, sessions if any, would be lost." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1206 #, no-c-format msgid "Do not reboot or switch off the system until it is back." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1213 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Verify the updated firmware level of the temporary side of the flash as in " "step 1." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1216 #, no-c-format msgid "" "In case the update has to be reverted, the user can do so by running this " "command: \n" " $update_flash -r\n" " Rejection would reject only the temporary side " "of the flash. Therefore, the new level should be committed to the permanent " "side only after thorough testing of the new firmware." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1223 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The new updated level can be committed to the permanent side of the flash by " "running the following command." msgstr "" #. Tag: screen #: preparing.xml:1226 #, no-c-format msgid "$update_flash -c" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1234 #, no-c-format msgid "Updating KVM guest firmware (SLOF)" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1235 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Slimline Open Firmware (SLOF) is an implementation of the IEEE 1275 " "standard. It can be used as partition firmware for pSeries machines running " "on QEMU or KVM." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1242 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The package qemu-slof is, in fact, a dependency of package qemu-system-ppc " "(which also provides the virtual package qemu-system-ppc64), and can be " "installed or updated via apt tool on Debian-based " "distros. Like so: \n" "# apt install qemu-slof\n" " SLOF can also be installed into rpm-based " "distribution systems, given the proper repository or rpm package. " "Additionally, the upstream source code is available at ." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1257 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Thus, one can use a different SLOF file rather than the default, when " "running qemu-system, by adding the command line argument " "-bios <slof_file> when starting qemu." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1267 #, no-c-format msgid "Updating PowerKVM hypervisor" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1268 #, no-c-format msgid "Instructions for Netboot installation" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1269 #, no-c-format msgid "" "You will need a DHCP/TFTP (BOOTP) server, as well as a web server. After " "downloading ibm-powerkvm-*-ppc64-service-*.iso, mount loop it and unpack it " "into some directory within your HTTP server www root structure (say " "wwwroot): \n" "# cd <directory-where-the-iso-is>\n" "# mkdir ./iso\n" "# sudo mount -o loop ibm-powerkvm-*-ppc64-service-*.iso ./iso\n" "# cp -a ./iso/* <path-to-wwwroot>\n" " Create the petitboot.conf file in a directory " "under your tftproot, say /tftproot/powerkvm, with the following contents: " "\n" "label PowerKVM Automated Install\n" "kernel http://YOUR-SERVER-IP/SOME-PATH-TO-wwwroot/ppc/ppc64/vmlinuz\n" "initrd http://YOUR-SERVER-IP/SOME-PATH-TO-wwwroot/ppc/ppc64/initrd.img\n" "append root=live:http://YOUR-SERVER-IP/SOME-PATH-TO-wwwroot/LiveOS/squashfs." "img repo=http://YOUR-SERVER-IP/SOME-PATH-TO-wwwroot/packages rd.dm=0 rd.md=0 " "console=hvc0 console=tty0\n" " Editing your dhcpd.conf, set this directive at " "the beginning: \n" "option conf-file code 209 = text;\n" " Add the system directive: " "\n" "host <your-system> {\n" " hardware ethernet <system macaddr>\n" " fixed-address <system ip>;\n" " option host-name \"<system hostname>\";\n" " option conf-file \"<powerkvm/petitboot.conf>\";\n" " }\n" " Reboot the dhcp server." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1293 #, no-c-format msgid "Boot your PowerLinux machine." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1297 #, no-c-format msgid "" "There should be the following option at petitboot (select it): " "\n" "\"Power KVM Automated Install\" \n" " The installer menu should appear automatically." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1308 #, no-c-format msgid "Instructions for DVD" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1309 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Boot the ISO ibm-powerkvm-*-ppc64-service-*.iso (either burn a DVD or make " "it virtual if using QEMU) and simply wait for the boot." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1312 #, no-c-format msgid "" "There should be the following option at petitboot (select it): " "\n" "\"POWERKVM_LIVECD\" \n" " The installer menu should appear automatically." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1333 #, no-c-format msgid "BIOS Setup" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1334 #, 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, and you will notice a 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:1346 #, 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:1355 #, 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:1372 #, no-c-format msgid "Native and LPAR installations" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1373 #, 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:1387 #, no-c-format msgid "Installation as a VM guest" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1389 #, 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:1399 #, 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:1416 #, no-c-format msgid "Setting up an installation server" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1418 #, 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:1426 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The installation server needs to copy the exact directory structure from any " "&debian-gnu; mirror, but only the S/390 and architecture-independent files " "are required. You can also copy the contents of all installation images into " "such a directory tree." msgstr "" #. Tag: emphasis #: preparing.xml:1435 #, no-c-format msgid "FIXME: more information needed — from a Redbook?" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1452 #, no-c-format msgid "ARM firmware" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1454 #, no-c-format msgid "" "As already mentioned before, there is unfortunately no standard for system " "firmware on ARM systems. Even the behaviour of different systems which use " "nominally the same firmware can be quite different. This results from the " "fact that a large part of the devices using the ARM architecture are " "embedded systems, for which the manufacturers usually build heavily " "customized firmware versions and include device-specific patches. " "Unfortunately the manufacturers often do not submit their changes and " "extensions back to the mainline firmware developers, so their changes are " "not integrated into newer versions of the original firmware." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1466 #, no-c-format msgid "" "As a result even newly sold systems often use a firmware that is based on a " "years-old manufacturer-modified version of a firmware whose mainline " "codebase has evolved a lot further in the meantime and offers additional " "features or shows different behaviour in certain aspects. In addition to " "that, the naming of onboard devices is not consistent between different " "manufacturer-modified versions of the same firmware, therefore it is nearly " "impossible to provide usable product-independend instructions for ARM-based " "systems." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1479 #, no-c-format msgid "Debian-provided U-Boot (system firmware) images" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1480 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Debian provides U-Boot images for various armhf systems that can load their " "U-Boot from an SD card at &armmp-uboot-img;. The U-Boot builds are offered " "in two formats: raw U-Boot components and a ready-made card image that can " "easily be written onto an SD card. The raw U-Boot components are provided " "for advanced users; the generally recommended way is to use one of the ready-" "made SD card images. They are named <system-type>.sdcard.img.gz and " "can be written to a card e.g. with zcat <system-" "type>.sdcard.img.gz > /dev/SD_CARD_DEVICE " "As with all images, please be aware that writing the image to an SD card " "wipes all previous contents of the card!" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1495 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If Debian provides a U-Boot image for your system, it is recommended that " "you use this image instead of the vendor-provided U-Boot, as the version in " "Debian is usually newer and has more features." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1503 #, no-c-format msgid "Setting the ethernet MAC address in U-Boot" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1504 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The MAC address of every ethernet interface should normally be globally " "unique, and it technically has to be unique within its ethernet broadcast " "domain. To achieve this, the manufacturer usually allocates a block of MAC " "addresses from a centrally-administered pool (for which a fee has to be " "paid) and preconfigures one of these addresses on each item sold." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1512 #, no-c-format msgid "" "In the case of development boards, sometimes the manufacturer wants to avoid " "paying these fees and therefore provides no globally unique addresses. In " "these cases the users themselves have to define MAC addresses for their " "systems. When no MAC address is defined for an ethernet interface, some " "network drivers generate a random MAC address that can change on every boot, " "and if this happens, network access would be possible even when the user has " "not manually set an address, but e.g. assigning semi-static IP addresses by " "DHCP based on the MAC address of the requesting client would obviously not " "work reliably." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1523 #, no-c-format msgid "" "To avoid conflicts with existing officially-assigned MAC addresses, there is " "an address pool which is reserved for so-called locally administered addresses. It is defined by the value of two specific bits in the " "first byte of the address (the article MAC address in the " "English language Wikipedia gives a good explanation). In practice this means " "that e.g. any address starting with hexadecimal ca (such as ca:ff:" "ee:12:34:56) can be used as a locally administered address." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1533 #, no-c-format msgid "" "On systems using U-Boot as system firmware, the ethernet MAC address is " "placed in the ethaddr environment variable. It can be checked " "at the U-Boot command prompt with the command printenv ethaddr and can be set with the command setenv ethaddr ca:ff:" "ee:12:34:56. After setting the value, the command saveenv makes the assignment permanent." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1544 #, no-c-format msgid "Kernel/Initrd/Device-Tree relocation issues in U-Boot" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1545 #, no-c-format msgid "" "On some systems with older U-Boot versions there can be problems with " "properly relocating the Linux kernel, the initial ramdisk and the device-" "tree blob in memory during the boot process. In this case, U-Boot shows the " "message Starting kernel ..., but the system freezes " "afterwards without further output. These issues have been solved with newer " "U-Boot versions from v2014.07 onwards." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1554 #, no-c-format msgid "" "If the system has originally used a U-Boot version older than v2014.07 and " "has been upgraded to a newer version later, the problem might still occur " "even after upgrading U-Boot. Upgrading U-Boot usually does not modify the " "existing U-Boot environment variables and the fix requires an additional " "environment variable (bootm_size) to be set, which U-Boot does automatically " "only on fresh installations without existing environment data. It is " "possible to manually set bootm_size to the new U-Boot's default value by " "running the command env default bootm_size; saveenv at the U-" "Boot prompt." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1565 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Another possibility to circumvent relocation-related problems is to run the " "command setenv fdt_high ffffffff; setenv initrd_high 0xffffffff; " "saveenv at the U-Boot prompt to completely disable the relocation of " "the initial ramdisk and the device-tree blob." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1575 #, no-c-format msgid "Systems with UEFI firmware" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1576 #, no-c-format msgid "" "UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a new kind of " "system firmware that is used on many modern systems and is - among other " "uses - intended to replace the classic PC BIOS." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1582 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Currently most PC systems that use UEFI also have a so-called " "Compatibility Support Module (CSM) in the firmware, which " "provides exactly the same interfaces to an operating system as a classic PC " "BIOS, so that software written for the classic PC BIOS can be used " "unchanged. Nonetheless UEFI is intended to one day completely replace the " "old PC BIOS without being fully backwards-compatible and there are already a " "lot of systems with UEFI but without CSM." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1592 #, no-c-format msgid "" "On systems with UEFI there are a few things to take into consideration when " "installing an operating system. The way the firmware loads an operating " "system is fundamentally different between the classic BIOS (or UEFI in CSM " "mode) and native UEFI. One major difference is the way the harddisk " "partitions are recorded on the harddisk. While the classic BIOS and UEFI in " "CSM mode use a DOS partition table, native UEFI uses a different " "partitioning scheme called GUID Partition Table (GPT). On a " "single disk, for all practical purposes only one of the two can be used and " "in case of a multi-boot setup with different operating systems on one disk, " "all of them must therefore use the same type of partition table. Booting " "from a disk with GPT is only possible in native UEFI mode, but using GPT " "becomes more and more common as hard disk sizes grow, because the classic " "DOS partition table cannot address disks larger than about 2 Terabytes while " "GPT allows for far larger disks. The other major difference between BIOS (or " "UEFI in CSM mode) and native UEFI is the location where boot code is stored " "and in which format it has to be. This means that different bootloaders are " "needed for each system." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1612 #, no-c-format msgid "" "The latter becomes important when booting &d-i; on a UEFI system with CSM " "because &d-i; checks whether it was started on a BIOS- or on a native UEFI " "system and installs the corresponding bootloader. Normally this simply works " "but there can be a problem in multi-boot environments. On some UEFI systems " "with CSM the default boot mode for removable devices can be different from " "what is actually used when booting from hard disk, so when booting the " "installer from a USB stick in a different mode from what is used when " "booting another already installed operating system from the hard disk, the " "wrong bootloader might be installed and the system might be unbootable after " "finishing the installation. When choosing the boot device from a firmware " "boot menu, some systems offer two separate choices for each device, so that " "the user can select whether booting shall happen in CSM or in native UEFI " "mode." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1631 #, no-c-format msgid "Secure boot" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1632 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Another UEFI-related topic is the so-called secure boot " "mechanism. Secure boot means a function of UEFI implementations that allows " "the firmware to only load and execute code that is cryptographically signed " "with certain keys and thereby blocking any (potentially malicious) boot code " "that is unsigned or signed with unknown keys. In practice the only key " "accepted by default on most UEFI systems with secure boot is a key from " "Microsoft used for signing the Windows bootloader. Debian includes a " "shim bootloader signed by Microsoft, so should work correctly " "on systems with secure boot enabled." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1647 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Disabling the Windows fast boot/fast startup " "feature" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1648 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Windows offers a feature (called fast boot in Windows 8, " "fast startup in Windows 10) to cut down system startup time. " "Technically, when this feature is enabled, Windows does not do a real " "shutdown and a real cold boot afterwards when ordered to shut down, but " "instead does something resembling a partial suspend to disk to reduce the " "boot time. As long as Windows is the only operating system on " "the machine, this is unproblematic, but it can result in problems and data " "loss, when you have a dual boot setup, in which another operating system " "accesses the same filesystems as Windows does. In that case the real state " "of the filesystem can be different from what Windows believes it to be after " "the boot and this could cause filesystem corruption upon " "further write accesses to the filesystem. Therefore in a dual boot setup, to " "avoid filesystem corruption the fast boot/fast " "startup feature has to be disabled within Windows." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1665 #, no-c-format msgid "" "Furthermore, the Windows Update mechanism has (sometimes) been known to " "automatically re-enable this feature, after it has been previously disabled " "by the user. It is suggested to re-check this setting periodically." msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1670 #, no-c-format msgid "" "It may also be necessary to disable fast boot to even allow " "access to UEFI setup to choose to boot another operating system or &d-i;. On " "some UEFI systems, the firmware will reduce boot time by not " "initialising the keyboard controller or USB hardware; in these cases, it is " "necessary to boot into Windows and disable this feature to allow for a " "change of boot order." msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1682 #, no-c-format msgid "Hardware Issues to Watch Out For" msgstr "" #. Tag: title #: preparing.xml:1685 #, no-c-format msgid "USB BIOS support and keyboards" msgstr "" #. Tag: para #: preparing.xml:1686 #, 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 ""