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Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen;Ossama Othman
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Modules'' step, you can either let dbootstrap find the file itself or type
in the path at the prompt.

Configure the Base System

At this point you've read in all of the files that make up a minimal
Debian system, but you must perform some configuration before the system
will run.

You'll be asked to select your time zone. There are many ways to specify
your time zone; we suggest you go to the ``Directories:'' pane and select
your country (or continent). That will change the available time zones, so
go ahead and select your geographic locality (i.e., country, province,
state, or city) in the ``Timezones:'' pane.

Next, you'll be asked if your system clock is to be set to GMT or local
time. Select GMT (i.e., ``Yes'') if you will only be running Linux on your
computer; select local time (i.e., ``No'') if you will be running another
operating system as well as Debian. Unix (and Linux is no exception)
generally keeps GMT time on the system clock and converts visible time to
the local time zone. This allows the system to keep track of daylight
savings time and leap years, and even allows a user who is logged in from
another time zone to individually set the time zone used on his or her
terminal.

Make Linux Bootable Directly from the Hard Disk

If you elect to make the hard disk boot directly to Linux, you will be
asked to install a master boot record. If you aren't using a boot manager
(and this is probably the case if you don't know what a boot manager is)
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