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Create and mount the partitions on which Debian will be installed.

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Watch the automatic download/install/setup of the <firstterm>base system</firstterm>.

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Install a <firstterm>boot loader</firstterm> which can start up &debian; and/or your existing system.

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Load the newly installed system for the first time.

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For &arch-title; you have the option of using <phrase arch="x86">a</phrase> <phrase arch="powerpc">an experimental</phrase> graphical version of the installation system. For more information about this graphical installer, see <xref linkend="graphical"/>.

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If you have problems during the installation, it helps to know which packages are involved in which steps. Introducing the leading software actors in this installation drama:

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The installer software, <classname>debian-installer</classname>, is the primary concern of this manual. It detects hardware and loads appropriate drivers, uses <classname>dhcp-client</classname> to set up the network connection, runs <classname>debootstrap</classname> to install the base system packages, and runs <classname>tasksel</classname> to allow you to install certain additional software. Many more actors play smaller parts in this process, but <classname>debian-installer</classname> has completed its task when you load the new system for the first time.

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To tune the system to your needs, <classname>tasksel</classname> allows you to choose to install various predefined bundles of software like a Web server or a Desktop environment.

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One important option during the installation is whether or not to install a graphical desktop environment, consisting of the X Window System and one of the available graphical desktop environments. If you choose not to select the <quote>Desktop environment</quote> task, you will only have a relatively basic, command line driven system. Installing the Desktop environment task is optional because it requires a fairly large amount of disk space, and because many &debian; systems are servers which don't really have any need for a graphical user interface to do their job.

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Just be aware that the X Window System is completely separate from <classname>debian-installer</classname>, and in fact is much more complicated. Installation and troubleshooting of the X Window System is not within the scope of this manual.