Debian Etch installation

Here we will show step by step installation of Debian Etch system for MOR.

It will contain only necessary packages.

Installation CD image can be downloaded from: http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/

As and example for i386 platform we use: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r2/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r2-i386-businesscard.iso

It is very small - about 32 Mb. Download it, burn to CD and start installation from it.

Following screens will appear during installation.

Please follow our comments between images.

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Press Enter in this screen

Choose English language

Choose country your server is in

Select American English

Put any hostname you want

Enter your domain name

Choose country your server is in or nearest country with possible best internet access to your server (we will download packages from there)

Select 1 mirror from available ones

Press Enter if you do not have HTTP proxy, otherwise enter necessary info

From now on - you should decide how you want to partition your HDD. In our examples it is the simplest method. If you know what you are doing - make your adjustements.

For example we use VMWare. You should select your HDD on which you want to install Debian.

Select your timezone