Installing Debian - more

When the debian-installer flash installed and the box rebooted, I used ssh to log in from a terminal on my MacBook. The default username is "installer" and the default password is "install". Figure 4 shows the initial screen of the Debian installer as it appeared on my terminal. Note that my terminal doesn't appear to understand some of the control sequences normally used to generate terminal graphics. But since it was just a cosmetic issue, I continued on with the install.

Figure 4: Debian Installation Menu

At this point, with a couple of exceptions, the installation is a standard Debian install and you can refer to the standard Debian installation guide. For an NSLU2 installation, make sure you select the installation modules listed in the Debian/NSLU2 installation guide here.

The next step in the installation is formatting and partitioning of your external drive. Figure 5 shows the process of setting up my disk. Once the disk is set up, the base system is downloaded and unpacked.

Figure 5: Partitioning the drive

This should go smoothly, but once again, be prepared in case it doesn't. Figure 6 shows that I got bitten by a corrupted image. At least the installer detected the problem and let me know about it.

Figure 6: Corrupted Package

To correct the issue, I started over and selected an alternate mirror site to download from. From then on, the install went smoothly. Note that it will take some time since everything is being downloaded from the Internet. In my case, it took around two and a half hours. Figure 7 shows the installation wrapping up.

Figure 7: Debian Installation in Progress

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