collected from 2.2.1. However, if your primary connection to the network
will be PPP, you should choose NOT to configure the network.

dbootstrap will ask you a number of questions about your network; fill in
the answers from 2.2.1. The system will also summarize your network
information and ask you for confirmation. Next, you need to specify the
network device that your primary network connection uses. Usually, this
will be eth0 (the first Ethernet device). On a laptop, it's more likely
that your primary network device is pcmcia.

Here are some technical details you may find handy: The program assumes
the network IP address is the bitwise AND of your system's IP address and
your netmask. It will guess the broadcast address is the bitwise OR of
your system's IP address with the bitwise negation of the netmask. It will
guess that your gateway system is also your DNS server. If you can't find
any of these answers, use the system's guesses. You can change them once
the system has been installed, if necessary, by editing
/etc/init.d/network. (On a Debian system, daemons are started by scripts
in the directory /etc/init.d/.)

Install the Base System

During the ``Install the Base System'' step, you'll be offered a menu of
devices from which you may install the base system. Here, you need to
select your CD-ROM device.

You will be prompted to specify the path to the base2_1.tgz file. If you
have official Debian media, the default value should be correct.
Otherwise, enter the path where the base system can be found, relative to
the media's mount point. As with the ``Install Operating System Kernel and