Chapter 5. Booting the Installation System

Table of Contents

5.1. Booting the Installer on Intel x86
5.1.1. Booting from a CD-ROM
5.1.2. Booting from a DOS partition
5.1.3. Booting from linux using LILO or GRUB
5.1.4. Booting from USB memory stick
5.1.5. Booting from Floppies
5.1.6. Booting with TFTP
5.1.7. i386 Boot Parameters
5.1.8. System freeze during the PCMCIA configuration phase
5.1.9. System freeze while loading the USB modules
5.2. Boot Parameters
5.2.1. Debian Installer Arguments
5.3. Troubleshooting the Install Process
5.3.1. Floppy Disk Reliability
5.3.2. Boot Configuration
5.3.3. Interpreting the Kernel Startup Messages
5.3.4. Bug Reporter
5.3.5. Submitting Bug Reports