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 <sect1 id="installation-media">
 <title>Installation Media</title>

<sect2 condition="supports-floppy-boot">
<title></title>

<para>
In many cases, you'll have to do your first boot from floppy disks,
using the rescue floppy.  Generally, all you will need is a
high-density (1440 kilobytes) 3.5 inch floppy drive.

</para><para arch="i386">

High-density, 5.25 inch installation floppy images (1200
k) are also provided.

</para><para arch="m68k">

Double-density installation floppy images (720 k) are also
provided for Ataris. 

</para><para arch="powerpc">

For CHRP, floppy support is currently broken.

</para>
</sect2>

<sect2><title></title>
<para>

CD-ROM based installation is supported for some architectures.
On machines which support bootable CD-ROMs, you should be able to do a
completely
<screen arch="not-s390">floppy-less</screen>
<screen arch="s390">tape-less</screen>
installation.  Even if your system doesn't
support booting from a CD-ROM, you can use the CD-ROM in conjunction
with the other techniques to install your system, once you've booted
up by other means; see <xref linkend="install-cd"></xref>.

</para><para arch="mips">

Mips does currently not support booting off a cdrom. 

</para><para arch="i386"> 

Both SCSI and IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported.  In addition, all
non-standard CD interfaces supported by Linux are supported by the
boot disks (such as Mitsumi and Matsushita drives).  However, these
models might require special boot parameters or other massaging to get
them to work, and booting off these non-standard interfaces is
unlikely.  The <ulink url="&url-cd-howto;">Linux CD-ROM HOWTO</ulink>
contains in-depth information on using CD-ROMs with Linux.

</para><para arch="arm"> 

IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported on all ARM machines.
On RiscPCs, SCSI CD-ROMs are also supported. 

</para><para arch="mipsel"> 

On DECstations, booting from CD-ROM requires a SCSI CD-ROM drive
capable of working with a logical blocksize of 512 bytes. Many of the
SCSI CD-DROM drives sold for the PC market do not have this
capability. If your CD-ROM drive has a jumper labeled "Unix/PC" or
"512/2048", place it in the "Unix" or "512" position.

</para><para arch="mipsel">

CD 1 contains the installer for the r3k-kn02 subarchitecture
(the R3000-based DECstations 5000/1xx and 5000/240 as well as
the R3000-based Personal DECstation models), CD 2 the
installer for the r4k-kn04 subarchitecture (the R4x00-based
DECstations 5000/150 and 5000/260 as well as the Personal DECstation
5000/50).

</para><para arch="mipsel">

To boot from CD, issue the command <userinput>boot
<replaceable>#</replaceable>/rz<replaceable>id</replaceable></userinput>
on the firmware prompt, where <replaceable>#</replaceable> is the
number of the TurboChannel device from which to boot (3 on most
DECstations) and <replaceable>id</replaceable> is the SCSI ID of the
CD-ROM drive.  If you need to pass additional parameters, they can
optionally be appended with the following syntax:

</para><para arch="mipsel">

<userinput>boot
<replaceable>#</replaceable>/rz<replaceable>id</replaceable>
param1=value1 param2=value2 ...</userinput>

</para><para>

Installation system booting from a hard disk is another option for
many architectures.

</para><para arch="m68k">

In fact, installation from your local disk is the preferred
installation technique for most &architecture; machines.

</para><para arch="sparc">

Although the &arch-title; does not allow booting from SunOS 
(Solaris), you can install from a SunOS partiton (UFS slices).

</para><para condition="supports-tftp">
You can also <emphasis>boot</emphasis> your system over the network.
  <screen arch="mips"> This is the preferred installation technique for Mips. 
</screen>
</para>

<para condition="supports-nfsroot">
Diskless installation, using network booting from a local area network
and NFS-mounting of all local filesystems, is another option &mdash;
you'll probably need at least 16MB of RAM for a diskless installation.

</para><para>

After the operating system kernel is installed, you can install the
rest of your system via any sort of network connection (including
PPP after installation of the base system), via FTP, HTTP, or NFS.

</para>
</sect2>

  <sect2><title>Supported Storage Systems</title>

<para>

The Debian boot disks contain a kernel which is built to maximize the
number of systems it runs on.  Unfortunately, this makes for a larger
kernel, which includes many drivers that won't be used for your
machine (see <xref linkend="kernel-baking"></xref> to learn how to
build your own kernel).  Support for the widest possible range of
devices is desirable in general, to ensure that Debian can be
installed on the widest array of hardware.

</para><para arch="i386">

Generally, the Debian installation system includes support for
floppies, IDE drives, IDE floppies, parallel port IDE devices, SCSI
controllers and drives.  The file systems supported include MINIX,
FAT, Win-32 FAT extensions (VFAT), among others (note that NTFS is not
supported by the installation system; you can add it later, as
described in <xref linkend="kernel-baking"></xref>).

</para><para arch="i386">

The disk interfaces that emulate the ``AT'' hard disk interface which
are often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or ATA are supported.  Very old 8 bit
hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer are supported only
as a module. SCSI disk controllers from many different manufacturers
are supported. See the 
<ulink url="&url-hardware-howto;">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink> 
for more details.

</para><para arch="i386">

Not supported are IDE SCSI drives and some SCSI controllers, including
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para>

EATA-DMA protocol compliant SCSI Host Adapters like the SmartCache
III/IV, SmartRAID controller families and the DPT PM2011B and PM2012B
controllers.

</para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>

The 53c7 NCR family of SCSI controllers (but 53c8 and 5380 controllers
are supported)

</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

</para><para arch="m68k">

Pretty much all storage systems supported by the Linux kernel are
supported by the Debian installation system.  Note that the current
Linux kernel does not support floppies on the Macintosh at all, and
the Debian installation system doesn't support floppies for Amigas.
Also supported on the Atari is the Macintosh HFS system, and AFFS as a
module.  Macs support the Atari (FAT) file system.  Amigas support the
FAT file system, and HFS as a module.

</para><para arch="sparc"> 

Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
the boot system. The following SCSI drivers are supported in the default
kernel:

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>

Sparc ESP

</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>

PTI Qlogic,ISP

</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>

Adaptec AIC7xxx

</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>

NCR and Symbios 53C8XX

</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

IDE systems (such as the UltraSPARC 5) are also supported. See 
<ulink url="&url-sparc-linux-faq;">Linux for SPARC Processors FAQ</ulink> 
for more information on SPARC hardware supported by the Linux kernel.

</para><para arch="alpha">

Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
the boot system.  The following SCSI drivers are supported in the default
kernel:

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>

Qlogic ISP

</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>

NCR and Symbios 53c8xx

</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>

Adaptec AIC7xxx

</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

IDE disks are also supported.  Note, however, that on many systems,
the SRM console is unable to boot from IDE drives, and the Jensen is
unable to boot from floppies.  (see 
<ulink url="&url-jensen-howto;"></ulink> 
for more information on booting the Jensen)

</para><para arch="powerpc"> 

Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
the boot system.  Note that the current Linux kernel does not support
floppies on CHRP systems at all. 

</para><para arch="hppa">

Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
the boot system.  Note that the current Linux kernel does not support
the floppy drive.

</para><para arch="mips">

Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
the boot system.

</para><para arch="s390">

Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
the boot system.  This means that FBA and ECKD DASDs are supported with
the old Linux disk layout (ldl) and the new common S/390 disk layout (cdl).

</para>

  </sect2>

 </sect1>
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4			<sect1 id="installation-media">
5			<title>Installation Media</title>
6
7	toff	4076	<sect2 condition="supports-floppy-boot">
8			<title></title>
9	toff	3273
10	toff	4076	<para>
11	toff	3219	In many cases, you'll have to do your first boot from floppy disks,
12			using the rescue floppy. Generally, all you will need is a
13			high-density (1440 kilobytes) 3.5 inch floppy drive.
14
15	toff	4076	</para><para arch="i386">
16	toff	3219
17	toff	4076	High-density, 5.25 inch installation floppy images (1200
18			k) are also provided.
19	toff	3219
20	toff	4076	</para><para arch="m68k">
21	toff	3273
22	toff	4076	Double-density installation floppy images (720 k) are also
23			provided for Ataris.
24
25			</para><para arch="powerpc">
26
27			For CHRP, floppy support is currently broken.
28
29	toff	3219	</para>
30	toff	4076	</sect2>
31	toff	3219
32	toff	4076	<sect2><title></title>
33	toff	3219	<para>
34	toff	3273
35	toff	3219	CD-ROM based installation is supported for some architectures.
36			On machines which support bootable CD-ROMs, you should be able to do a
37			completely
38	toff	4076	<screen arch="not-s390">floppy-less</screen>
39			<screen arch="s390">tape-less</screen>
40	toff	3219	installation. Even if your system doesn't
41			support booting from a CD-ROM, you can use the CD-ROM in conjunction
42			with the other techniques to install your system, once you've booted
43			up by other means; see <xref linkend="install-cd"></xref>.
44	toff	3273
45	toff	4076	</para><para arch="mips">
46	toff	3219
47	toff	4076	Mips does currently not support booting off a cdrom.
48	toff	3273
49	toff	4076	</para><para arch="i386">
50
51	toff	3273	Both SCSI and IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported. In addition, all
52			non-standard CD interfaces supported by Linux are supported by the
53			boot disks (such as Mitsumi and Matsushita drives). However, these
54			models might require special boot parameters or other massaging to get
55			them to work, and booting off these non-standard interfaces is
56			unlikely. The <ulink url="&url-cd-howto;">Linux CD-ROM HOWTO</ulink>
57			contains in-depth information on using CD-ROMs with Linux.
58
59	toff	4076	</para><para arch="arm">
60	toff	3219
61			IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported on all ARM machines.
62	toff	4075	On RiscPCs, SCSI CD-ROMs are also supported.
63	toff	3273
64	toff	4076	</para><para arch="mipsel">
65	toff	3219
66	toff	3273	On DECstations, booting from CD-ROM requires a SCSI CD-ROM drive
67			capable of working with a logical blocksize of 512 bytes. Many of the
68			SCSI CD-DROM drives sold for the PC market do not have this
69	toff	3219	capability. If your CD-ROM drive has a jumper labeled "Unix/PC" or
70			"512/2048", place it in the "Unix" or "512" position.
71
72	toff	4076	</para><para arch="mipsel">
73	toff	3273
74	toff	3219	CD 1 contains the installer for the r3k-kn02 subarchitecture
75			(the R3000-based DECstations 5000/1xx and 5000/240 as well as
76			the R3000-based Personal DECstation models), CD 2 the
77			installer for the r4k-kn04 subarchitecture (the R4x00-based
78			DECstations 5000/150 and 5000/260 as well as the Personal DECstation
79			5000/50).
80
81	toff	4076	</para><para arch="mipsel">
82	toff	3219
83	toff	3273	To boot from CD, issue the command <userinput>boot
84			<replaceable>#</replaceable>/rz<replaceable>id</replaceable></userinput>
85			on the firmware prompt, where <replaceable>#</replaceable> is the
86			number of the TurboChannel device from which to boot (3 on most
87			DECstations) and <replaceable>id</replaceable> is the SCSI ID of the
88			CD-ROM drive. If you need to pass additional parameters, they can
89			optionally be appended with the following syntax:
90
91	toff	4076	</para><para arch="mipsel">
92	toff	3273
93			<userinput>boot
94			<replaceable>#</replaceable>/rz<replaceable>id</replaceable>
95			param1=value1 param2=value2 ...</userinput>
96
97	toff	4076	</para><para>
98	toff	3219
99			Installation system booting from a hard disk is another option for
100			many architectures.
101
102	toff	4076	</para><para arch="m68k">
103	toff	3219
104	toff	4076	In fact, installation from your local disk is the preferred
105			installation technique for most &architecture; machines.
106	toff	3219
107	toff	4076	</para><para arch="sparc">
108	toff	3219
109	toff	4076	Although the &arch-title; does not allow booting from SunOS
110			(Solaris), you can install from a SunOS partiton (UFS slices).
111
112			</para><para condition="supports-tftp">
113			You can also <emphasis>boot</emphasis> your system over the network.
114			<screen arch="mips"> This is the preferred installation technique for Mips.
115			</screen>
116			</para>
117
118			<para condition="supports-nfsroot">
119	toff	3273	Diskless installation, using network booting from a local area network
120			and NFS-mounting of all local filesystems, is another option —
121			you'll probably need at least 16MB of RAM for a diskless installation.
122	toff	3219
123	toff	4076	</para><para>
124
125	toff	3219	After the operating system kernel is installed, you can install the
126			rest of your system via any sort of network connection (including
127			PPP after installation of the base system), via FTP, HTTP, or NFS.
128	toff	3273
129	toff	3219	</para>
130	toff	4076	</sect2>
131	toff	3219
132			<sect2><title>Supported Storage Systems</title>
133
134	toff	3273	<para>
135
136			The Debian boot disks contain a kernel which is built to maximize the
137	toff	3219	number of systems it runs on. Unfortunately, this makes for a larger
138			kernel, which includes many drivers that won't be used for your
139	toff	3273	machine (see <xref linkend="kernel-baking"></xref> to learn how to
140			build your own kernel). Support for the widest possible range of
141			devices is desirable in general, to ensure that Debian can be
142			installed on the widest array of hardware.
143
144	toff	4076	</para><para arch="i386">
145	toff	3219
146			Generally, the Debian installation system includes support for
147			floppies, IDE drives, IDE floppies, parallel port IDE devices, SCSI
148			controllers and drives. The file systems supported include MINIX,
149			FAT, Win-32 FAT extensions (VFAT), among others (note that NTFS is not
150			supported by the installation system; you can add it later, as
151			described in <xref linkend="kernel-baking"></xref>).
152
153	toff	4076	</para><para arch="i386">
154	toff	3273
155	toff	3219	The disk interfaces that emulate the ``AT'' hard disk interface which
156			are often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or ATA are supported. Very old 8 bit
157			hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer are supported only
158			as a module. SCSI disk controllers from many different manufacturers
159			are supported. See the
160			<ulink url="&url-hardware-howto;">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink>
161			for more details.
162
163	toff	4076	</para><para arch="i386">
164	toff	3273
165	toff	3219	Not supported are IDE SCSI drives and some SCSI controllers, including
166			<itemizedlist>
167			<listitem><para>
168	toff	3273
169	toff	3219	EATA-DMA protocol compliant SCSI Host Adapters like the SmartCache
170			III/IV, SmartRAID controller families and the DPT PM2011B and PM2012B
171			controllers.
172	toff	3273
173			</para></listitem>
174	toff	3219	<listitem><para>
175	toff	3273
176	toff	3219	The 53c7 NCR family of SCSI controllers (but 53c8 and 5380 controllers
177			are supported)
178	toff	3273
179			</para></listitem>
180	toff	3219	</itemizedlist>
181	toff	3273
182	toff	4076	</para><para arch="m68k">
183	toff	3219
184			Pretty much all storage systems supported by the Linux kernel are
185			supported by the Debian installation system. Note that the current
186			Linux kernel does not support floppies on the Macintosh at all, and
187			the Debian installation system doesn't support floppies for Amigas.
188			Also supported on the Atari is the Macintosh HFS system, and AFFS as a
189			module. Macs support the Atari (FAT) file system. Amigas support the
190			FAT file system, and HFS as a module.
191	toff	3273
192	toff	4076	</para><para arch="sparc">
193	toff	3219
194			Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
195			the boot system. The following SCSI drivers are supported in the default
196			kernel:
197
198			<itemizedlist>
199	toff	3273	<listitem><para>
200
201	toff	3219	Sparc ESP
202	toff	3273
203			</para></listitem>
204			<listitem><para>
205
206	toff	3219	PTI Qlogic,ISP
207	toff	3273
208			</para></listitem>
209			<listitem><para>
210
211	toff	3219	Adaptec AIC7xxx
212	toff	3273
213			</para></listitem>
214			<listitem><para>
215
216	toff	3219	NCR and Symbios 53C8XX
217	toff	3273
218			</para></listitem>
219	toff	3219	</itemizedlist>
220
221	toff	3273	IDE systems (such as the UltraSPARC 5) are also supported. See
222			<ulink url="&url-sparc-linux-faq;">Linux for SPARC Processors FAQ</ulink>
223			for more information on SPARC hardware supported by the Linux kernel.
224
225	toff	4076	</para><para arch="alpha">
226	toff	3219
227			Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
228			the boot system. The following SCSI drivers are supported in the default
229			kernel:
230
231			<itemizedlist>
232	toff	3273	<listitem><para>
233
234	toff	3219	Qlogic ISP
235	toff	3273
236			</para></listitem>
237			<listitem><para>
238
239	toff	3219	NCR and Symbios 53c8xx
240	toff	3273
241			</para></listitem>
242			<listitem><para>
243
244	toff	3219	Adaptec AIC7xxx
245	toff	3273
246			</para></listitem>
247	toff	3219	</itemizedlist>
248
249			IDE disks are also supported. Note, however, that on many systems,
250			the SRM console is unable to boot from IDE drives, and the Jensen is
251			unable to boot from floppies. (see
252	toff	3273	<ulink url="&url-jensen-howto;"></ulink>
253			for more information on booting the Jensen)
254
255	toff	4076	</para><para arch="powerpc">
256	toff	3219
257			Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
258			the boot system. Note that the current Linux kernel does not support
259			floppies on CHRP systems at all.
260	toff	3273
261	toff	4076	</para><para arch="hppa">
262	toff	3219
263			Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
264			the boot system. Note that the current Linux kernel does not support
265			the floppy drive.
266	toff	3273
267	toff	4076	</para><para arch="mips">
268	toff	3219
269			Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
270			the boot system.
271	toff	3273
272	toff	4076	</para><para arch="s390">
273	toff	3219
274	toff	3273	Any storage system supported by the Linux kernel is also supported by
275	toff	3219	the boot system. This means that FBA and ECKD DASDs are supported with
276			the old Linux disk layout (ldl) and the new common S/390 disk layout (cdl).
277	toff	3273
278	toff	3219	</para>
279
280			</sect2>
281
282			</sect1>