continue with the installation.

Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu

You may see a dialog box that says ``The installation program is
determining the current state of your system and the next installation
step that should be performed.'' This is a phase in which the installation
program automatically figures out what you probably need to do next. In
some cases, you may not even see this box.

During the entire installation process, you will be presented with the
main menu, titled ``Debian GNU/Linux Installation Main Menu.'' The choices
at the top of the menu will change to indicate your progress in installing
the system. Phil Hughes wrote in the Linux Journal that you could teach a
chicken to install Debian! He meant that the installation process was
mostly just pecking at the Enter key. The first choice on the installation
menu is the next action that you should perform according to what the
system detects you have already done. It should say ``Next,'' and at this
point the next step in installing the system will be taken.

Configure the Keyboard

Make sure the highlight is on the ``Next'' item and press Enter to go to
the keyboard configuration menu.

Move the highlight to the keyboard selection you desire and press Enter.
Use the arrow keys to move the highlight. In most cases, you can just use
the default U.S. layout.

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