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Select Stable "Wheezy" installer or Oldstable "Squeeze"

Newer models are supported by Wheezy and older by both Wheezy and Squeeze. For more details, see the wiki page for your ../../Model. If your model isn't listed, Debian may still work on it. Check the pages for models with similar specifications and/or contact us.

Note: even if you do have an older model that works with Squeeze, there are many advantages to using Wheezy, which was released May 4th, 2013.

Preparation

Stable "Wheezy" system using the standard installer:

  1. Download the Wheezy netinst ISO image from http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ . Choose either i386 or amd64, depending on your model.

  2. Using an empty USB device, copy the image to the raw device (the ISO hybrid images can be copied directly to the device; don't use unetbootin):

    # cp debian-7.*-netinst.iso /dev/sdX     # where sdX is the device your USB media is using
  3. Reboot and boot the netbook from the USB drive.
  4. If your installer freezes after hitting "install", just hit "help" in the main installer menu, hit enter, wait 30 seconds and then enter again... this should work.

Oldstable "Squeeze" system using the standard installer:

  1. Download the Squeeze netinst ISO image from http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/debian-installer/ . Choose either i386 or amd64, depending on your model.

  2. Using an empty USB device, copy the image to the raw device (the ISO hybrid images can be copied directly to the device; don't use unetbootin):

    # cp debian-6.*-netinst.iso /dev/sdX     # where sdX is the device your USB media is using
  3. Reboot and boot the netbook from the USB drive.
  4. If your installer freezes after hitting "install", just hit "help" in the main installer menu, hit enter, wait 30 seconds and then enter again... this should work.

Installation

  1. Boot the Eee PC using the USB device (press ESC during boot; if this fails to bring up a device menu, press F2 during boot, disable "Boot Booster" in the BIOS and retry).
  2. Follow the installer instructions.
  3. Install the eeepc-acpi-scripts package for best results (additional hotkey support, etc. not provided out of the box with base Debian install).

Wifi drivers status

The kernel in Wheezy and Squeeze should already include a wifi driver for your model, except as indicated in ../../Models where no driver is yet available in Debian, so our repository is no longer needed.

Configuration

After installing the base system and wifi drivers, you may need to configure the system for wifi, webcam, hotkeys, etc. to work. On Wheezy and Squeeze, some of these steps may no longer be necessary.