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By far the easiest way to install &debian; is from an Official Debian CD-ROM Set. You can buy a set from a vendor (see the <ulink url="&url-debian-cd-vendors;">CD vendors page</ulink>). You may also download the CD-ROM images from a Debian mirror and make your own set, if you have a fast network connection and a CD burner (see the <ulink url="&url-debian-cd;">Debian CD page</ulink> for detailed instructions). If you have a Debian CD set and CDs are bootable on your machine, you can skip right to <xref linkend="boot-installer"/>; much effort has been expended to ensure the files most people need are there on the CD. Although a full set of binary packages requires several CDs, it is unlikely you will need packages on the third CD and above. You may also consider using the DVD version, which saves a lot of space on your shelf and you avoid the CD shuffling marathon.

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If your machine doesn't support CD booting, but you do have a CD set, you can use an alternative strategy such as <phrase condition="supports-floppy-boot">floppy disk,</phrase> <phrase arch="s390">tape, emulated tape,</phrase> <phrase condition="bootable-disk">hard disk,</phrase> <phrase condition="bootable-usb">usb stick,</phrase> <phrase condition="supports-tftp">net boot,</phrase> or manually loading the kernel from the CD to initially boot the system installer. The files you need for booting by another means are also on the CD; the Debian network archive and CD folder organization are identical. So when archive file paths are given below for particular files you need for booting, look for those files in the same directories and subdirectories on your CD.

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Once the installer is booted, it will be able to obtain all the other files it needs from the CD.

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If you don't have a CD set, then you will need to download the installer system files and place them on the <phrase arch="s390">installation tape</phrase> <phrase condition="supports-floppy-boot">floppy disk or</phrase> <phrase condition="bootable-disk">hard disk or</phrase> <phrase condition="bootable-usb">usb stick or</phrase> <phrase condition="supports-tftp">a connected computer</phrase> so they can be used to boot the installer.

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To find the nearest (and thus probably the fastest) mirror, see the <ulink url="&url-debian-mirrors;">list of Debian mirrors</ulink>.

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When downloading files from a Debian mirror using FTP, be sure to download the files in <emphasis>binary</emphasis> mode, not text or automatic mode.

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The installation images are located on each Debian mirror in the directory <ulink url="&url-debian-installer;images">debian/dists/&releasename;/main/installer-&architecture;/current/images/</ulink> &mdash; the <ulink url="&url-debian-installer;images/MANIFEST">MANIFEST</ulink> lists each image and its purpose.

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Alpha Installation Files

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If you choose to boot from ARC console firmware using <command>MILO</command>, you will also need to prepare a disk containing <command>MILO</command> and <command>LINLOAD.EXE</command> from the provided disk images. See <xref linkend="alpha-firmware"/> for more information on Alpha firmware and boot loaders. The floppy images can be found in the <filename>MILO</filename> directory as <filename>milo_<replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable>.bin</filename>.

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Unfortunately, these <command>MILO</command> images could not be tested and might not work for all subarchitectures. If you find it doesn't work for you, try copying the appropriate <command>MILO</command> binary onto the floppy (<ulink url="&disturlftp;main/disks-alpha/current/MILO/"></ulink>). Note that those <command>MILO</command>s don't support ext2 <quote>sparse superblocks</quote>, so you can't use them to load kernels from newly generated ext2 file systems. As a workaround, you can put your kernel onto the FAT partition next to the <command>MILO</command>.