Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen;Ossama Othman
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Enter target diskette drive: a:
Please insert a formatted diskette into drive A: and press -ENTER- : By now, your disks are created. You can now use the first one to boot. Booting Debian You are now ready to boot into Debian! Shut down your existing operating system, turn off your computer, and place the Install/Rescue Disk into the floppy drive. Now turn your computer back on. You should get a Welcome screen with a boot prompt at the bottom. Booting the Installation System You should now have the boot prompt. Simply press Enter at this point. Once you press Enter, you should see the message Loading..., and then Uncompressing Linux..., and then a screenful or so of information about the hardware in your system. In general, you can ignore these messages. Linux will look for various hardware devices and will tell you what it finds and doesn't find. Don't worry about messages at this point. Just wait until you see the Color Selection screen. If you have trouble, see section B.2 on page [*]. Step-by-Step Installation dbootstrap is the name of the program that is run after you have booted |
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