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<sect1 id="module-details">
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<title>Using Individual Components</title>
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In this section we will describe each installer component in
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detail. The components have been grouped into stages that should
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be recognizable for users. They are presented in the order they
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appear during the install. Note that not all modules will be used
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for every installation; which modules are actually used depends on
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the installation method you use and on your hardware.
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<title>Setting up Debian Installer and Hardware Configuration</title>
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Let's assume the Debian Installer has booted and you are facing its
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first screen. At this time, the capabilities of &d-i; are still quite
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limited. It doesn't know much about your hardware, preferred language,
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or even the task it should perform. Don't worry. Because &d-i; is quite
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clever, it can automatically probe your hardware, locate the rest
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of its components and upgrade itself to a capable installation system.
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However, you still need to help &d-i; with some information it can't
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determine automatically (like selecting your preferred language, keyboard
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layout or desired network mirror).
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You will notice that &d-i; performs <firstterm>hardware detection</firstterm>
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several times during this stage. The first time is targeted specifically
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at the hardware needed to load installer components (e.g. your CD-ROM or
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network card). As not all drivers may be available during this first run,
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hardware detection needs to be repeated later in the process.
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&module-languagechooser.xml;
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&module-countrychooser.xml;
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&module-localechooser.xml;
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&module-kbd-chooser.xml;
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&module-s390-netdevice.xml;
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&module-cdrom-detect.xml;
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&module-choose-mirror.xml;
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<sect2 id="di-partition">
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<title>Partitioning and Mount Point Selection</title>
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At this time, after hardware detection has been executed a final time,
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&d-i; should be at its full strength, customized for the user's needs
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and ready to do some real work.
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As the title of this section indicates, the main task of the next few
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components lies in partitioning your disks, creating filesystems,
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assigning mountpoints and optionally configuring closely related issues
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like LVM or RAID devices.
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&module-s390-dasd.xml;
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&module-autopartkit.xml;
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&module-partitioner.xml;
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<sect2 id="di-install-base">
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<title>Installing the Base System</title>
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Although this stage is the least problematic, it consumes most time of
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the install because it downloads, verifies and unpacks the whole base
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system. If you have a slow computer or network connection, this could
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&module-base-installer.xml;
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<sect2 id="di-make-bootable">
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<title>Making Your System Bootable</title>
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<para condition="supports-nfsroot">
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If you are installing a diskless workstation, obviously, booting off
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the local disk isn't a meaningful option, and this step will be
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skipped. <phrase arch="sparc">You may wish to set the OpenBoot to boot
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from the network by default; see <xref
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linkend="boot-dev-select-sun"/>.</phrase>
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Note that multiple operating systems booting on a single machine is
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still something of a black art. This document does not even attempt
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to document the various boot managers, which vary by architecture and
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even by subarchitecture. You should see your boot manager's
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documentation for more information.
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&module-os-prober.xml;
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&module-alpha-aboot-installer.xml;
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&module-hppa-palo-installer.xml;
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&module-i386-grub-installer.xml;
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&module-i386-lilo-installer.xml;
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&module-ia64-elilo-installer.xml;
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&module-mips-arcboot-installer.xml;
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&module-mipsel-colo-installer.xml;
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&module-mipsel-delo-installer.xml;
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&module-powerpc-yaboot-installer.xml;
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&module-powerpc-quik-installer.xml;
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&module-s390-zipl-installer.xml;
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&module-sparc-silo-installer.xml;
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&module-nobootloader.xml;
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<sect2 id="di-finish">
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<title>Finishing the First Stage</title>
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These are the last bits to do before rebooting to your new Debian. It
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mostly consists of tidying up after the &d-i;.
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&module-prebaseconfig.xml;
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<sect2 id="di-miscellaneous">
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<title>Miscellaneous</title>
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The components listed in this section are usually not involved in the
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installation process, but are waiting in the background to help the
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user in case something goes wrong.
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&module-save-logs.xml;
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&module-cdrom-checker.xml;
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&module-network-console.xml;
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&module-baseconfig.xml;