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<chapter id="d-i-intro"><title>Using the Ubuntu Installer</title>
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<chapter id="d-i-intro"><title>Using the &debian; Installer</title>
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<sect1><title>How the Installer Works</title>
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The Ubuntu Installer (based on the Debian Installer, and so often called
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The &debian; Installer (based on the Debian Installer, and so often called
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simply &d-i;) consists of a number of special-purpose
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components to perform each installation task. Each component performs
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its task, asking the user questions as necessary to do its job.
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Some of the defaults that the installer uses can be influenced by passing
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boot arguments when &d-i; is started. If, for example, you wish to
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force static network configuration (DHCP is used by default if available),
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force static network configuration (IPv6 autoconfiguration and DHCP are
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used by default if available),
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you could add the boot parameter <userinput>netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true</userinput>.
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See <xref linkend="installer-args"/> for available options.
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the boot argument <userinput>priority=low</userinput>.
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Expert mode gives you full control over &d-i;.
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</para><para condition="gtk">
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</para><para condition="x86;gtk">
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For this architecture the &d-i; supports two different user interfaces: a
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graphical one and a character-based one. The graphical interface is
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used by default unless you select an <quote>Install</quote>
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option in the boot menu. For more information about the
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graphical installer, please refer to <xref linkend="graphical"/>.
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</para><para condition="powerpc;gtk">
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For this architecture the &d-i; supports two different user interfaces: a
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character-based one and a graphical one. The character-based interface is
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used by default unless you selected the <quote>Graphical install</quote>
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option in the initial boot menu. For more information about the
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graphical installer, please refer to <xref linkend="graphical"/>.
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used by default unless you select the <quote>Graphical install</quote>
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option on purpose. For more information about the graphical installer, please
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refer to <xref linkend="graphical"/>.
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</para><para condition="not-gtk">
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after the computer has been booted into the installed system.
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<sect2 id="gtk-using" condition="gtk">
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<title>Using the graphical installer</title>
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The graphical installer basically works the same as
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the text-based installer and thus the rest of this manual can be used to guide
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you through the installation process.
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If you prefer using the keyboard over the mouse, there are two things you
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need to know. To expand a collapsed list (used for example for the selection
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of countries within continents), you can use the <keycap>+</keycap> and
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<keycap>-</keycap> keys. For questions where more than one item can be
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selected (e.g. task selection), you first need to tab to the
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&BTN-CONT; button after making your selections; hitting
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enter will toggle a selection, not activate &BTN-CONT;.
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If a dialog offers additional help information, a <guibutton>Help</guibutton>
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button will be displayed. The help information can be accessed either by
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activating the button or by pressing the <keycap>F1</keycap> key.
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To switch to another console, you will also need to use the
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<keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key, just as with the X Window System. For example,
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to switch to VT2 (the first debug shell) you would use: <keycombo>
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<keycap>Ctrl</keycap> <keycap>Left Alt</keycap> <keycap>F2</keycap>
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</keycombo>. The graphical installer itself runs on VT5, so you can use
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<keycombo> <keycap>Left Alt</keycap> <keycap>F5</keycap> </keycombo>
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<sect1 id="modules-list"><title>Components Introduction</title>
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<term>choose-mirror</term><listitem><para>
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Presents a list of Ubuntu archive mirrors. The user may choose
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Presents a list of &debian; archive mirrors. The user may choose
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the source of his installation packages.
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<term>user-setup</term><listitem><para>
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Sets up the root password, and adds a non-root user.
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<term>clock-setup</term><listitem><para>
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Updates the system clock and determines whether the clock is set to UTC
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Installs the most basic set of packages which would allow
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the computer to operate under Linux when rebooted.
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<term>user-setup</term><listitem><para>
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Sets up the root password, and adds a non-root user.
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the computer to operate under &debian-gnu; when rebooted.
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<term>bootloader-installer</term><listitem><para>
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The various bootloader installers each install a boot loader program on the
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hard disk, which is necessary for the computer to start up using Linux
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hard disk, which is necessary for the computer to start up using &arch-kernel;
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without using a floppy or CD-ROM. Many boot loaders allow the user to
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choose an alternate operating system each time the computer boots.
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Provides a way for the user to record information on a floppy disk, network,
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hard disk, or other media when trouble is encountered, in order to accurately
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report installer software problems to Ubuntu developers later.
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