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<sect1 condition="gtk" id="graphical">
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<title>The Graphical Installer</title>
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<para>
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The graphical version of the installer is only available for a limited
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number of architectures, including &arch-title;. The functionality of
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the graphical installer is essentially the same as that of the regular
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installer as it basically uses the same programs, but with a different
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frontend.
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</para><para>
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Although the functionality is identical, the graphical installer still has
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a few significant advantages. The main advantage is that it supports more
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languages, namely those that use a character set that cannot be displayed
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with the regular <quote>newt</quote> frontend. It also has a few usability
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advantages such as the option to use a mouse, and in some cases several
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questions can be displayed on a single screen.
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</para><para arch="x86">
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The graphical installer is available with all CD images and with the
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hd-media installation method. As the graphical installer uses a separate
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(much larger) initrd than the regular installer, it has to be booted using
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<userinput>installgui</userinput> instead of <userinput>install</userinput>.
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Analogous, the expert and rescue modes are booted using
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<userinput>expertgui</userinput> and <userinput>rescuegui</userinput>
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respectively.
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</para><para arch="x86">
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It is also available as a special <quote>mini</quote> ISO
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image<footnote id="gtk-miniiso">
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<para>
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The mini ISO image can be downloaded from a Debian mirror as described
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in <xref linkend="downloading-files"/>. Look for <quote>gtk-miniiso</quote>.
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</para>
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</footnote>, which is mainly useful for testing; in this case the image is
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booted just using <userinput>install</userinput>. There is no graphical
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installer image that can be netbooted.
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</para><para arch="powerpc">
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For &arch-title;, currently only an experimental <quote>mini</quote> ISO
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image is available<footnote id="gtk-miniiso">
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<para>
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The mini ISO image can be downloaded from a Debian mirror as described
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in <xref linkend="downloading-files"/>. Look for <quote>gtk-miniiso</quote>.
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</para>
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</footnote>. It should work on almost all PowerPC systems that have
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an ATI graphical card, but is unlikely to work on other systems.
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</para><para>
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The graphical installer requires significantly more memory to run than
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the regular installer: &minimum-memory-gtk;. If insufficient memory is
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available, it will automatically fall back to the regular
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<quote>newt</quote> frontend.
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</para><para>
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You can add boot parameters when starting the graphical installer, just as
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with the regular installer. One of those parameters allows you to configure
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the mouse for left-handed use. See <xref linkend="boot-parms"/> for valid
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parameters.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="gtk-using">
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<title>Using the graphical installer</title>
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<para>
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As already mentioned, the graphical installer basically works the same as
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the regular installer and thus the rest of this manual can be used to guide
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you through the installation process.
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</para><para>
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If you prefer using the keyboard over the mouse, there are two things you
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need to know. To expand a collapsed list (used for example for the selection
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of countries within continents), you can use the <keycap>+</keycap> and
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<keycap>-</keycap> keys. For questions where more than one item can be
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selected (e.g. task selection), you first need to tab to the
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<guibutton>Continue</guibutton> button after making your selections; hitting
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enter will toggle a selection, not activate <guibutton>Continue</guibutton>.
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</para><para>
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To switch to another console, you will also need to use the
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<keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key, just as with the X Window System. For example,
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to switch to VT1 you would use: <keycombo> <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
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<keycap>Left Alt</keycap> <keycap>F1</keycap> </keycombo>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="gtk-issues">
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<title>Known issues</title>
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<para>
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Etch is the first release that includes the graphical installer and uses
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some relatively new technology. There are a few known issues that you may
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run into during the installation. We expect to be able to fix these issues
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for the next release of &debian;.
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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Information on some screens is not nicely formatted into columns as it
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should be. The most obvious example is the first screen where you select
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your language. Another example is the main screen of partman.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Typing some characters may not work and in some cases the wrong character
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may be printed. For example, "composing" a character by typing an accent and
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then the letter over/under which the accent should appear does not work.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Support for touchpads is not yet optimal.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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You should not switch to a different console while the installer is busy;
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this may cause the frontend to crash. The frontend will be restarted
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automatically, but this may still cause problems with the installation.
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Switching to another console while the installer is waiting for input
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should work without causing any problems.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Support for creating encrypted partitions is limited as it is not possible
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to generate a random encryption key. It is possible to set up an encrypted
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partition using a passphrase as encryption key.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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