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While currently, the recommended way to install is using our custom installer as described in [:DebianEeePC/HowTo/Install], the custom installer is a minimal installer and is therefore missing some things that the standard installer includes. If you need accessibility support or crypto (luks) during the install, the standard installer will work to install a base system, but the network won't work during the install, so that will need to be installed separately. While currently, the recommended way to install is using our custom installer as described in [:DebianEeePC/HowTo/Install], the custom installer is a minimal installer and is therefore missing some things that the standard installer includes. If you need accessibility support or crypto (LUKS) during the install, the standard installer will work to install a base system, but the network won't work during the install, so that will need to be installed separately.
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FixMe: add step by step guide to using the standard installer + manual install of atl2. To install a lenny (testing) system using the standard installer, you need to do
the following:

 1. Download the netinst ISO image from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
 1. Get boot.img.gz from /debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media from your favourite Debian mirror
 1. Using an empty USB device, do zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX (where sdX is the device your USB media is using)
 1. Mount the USB device and copy the ISO image to it
 1. Boot the eeePC using the USB device (press ESC during boot)
 1. Follow the installer instructions (it will not find a network device during installation, but so be it for the moment)
 1. FixMe install network package in the base system ...

Introduction

While currently, the recommended way to install is using our custom installer as described in [:DebianEeePC/HowTo/Install], the custom installer is a minimal installer and is therefore missing some things that the standard installer includes. If you need accessibility support or crypto (LUKS) during the install, the standard installer will work to install a base system, but the network won't work during the install, so that will need to be installed separately.

To install a lenny (testing) system using the standard installer, you need to do the following:

  1. Download the netinst ISO image from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

  2. Get boot.img.gz from /debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media from your favourite Debian mirror
  3. Using an empty USB device, do zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX (where sdX is the device your USB media is using)

  4. Mount the USB device and copy the ISO image to it
  5. Boot the eeePC using the USB device (press ESC during boot)
  6. Follow the installer instructions (it will not find a network device during installation, but so be it for the moment)
  7. FixMe install network package in the base system ...