https://wiki.cs.earlham.edu/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Installing_Debian_on_AthenaInstalling Debian on Athena - Revision history2026-08-11T12:14:05ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.2https://wiki.cs.earlham.edu/index.php?title=Installing_Debian_on_Athena&diff=5301&oldid=prevSkylar at 15:05, 19 February 20052005-02-19T15:05:05Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div># Download the rescue floppies from [ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images ftp.us.debian.org].<br />
# Download the first Debian CD image.<br />
# Write boot.img and cd-drivers.img to floppy.<br />
# Write the first Debian CD image to CD.<br />
# Boot of boot.img, and load cd-drivers.img when prompted. Have the first CD image in the CD drive so that it can start booting off that when it's ready.<br />
# Select whatever language you want. English would probably be appreciated.<br />
# Select a QWERTY keyboard.<br />
# Partition the hard drive. Give 64MB for swap (set to type 82) and the rest to / (set to type 83).<br />
# Let the installer initialize both filesystems. It's your call as to whether to check for bad blocks (it's slow).<br />
# Don't configure any device drivers.<br />
# Install the kernel and all the packages you want off CD.<br />
# Make the system bootable, with the MBR on /dev/hda.<br />
# Reboot.</div>Skylar