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9 Debian Installation
9.11. Finish the Installation
Due to the lack of the official support by Debian there is no boot loader (see Figure 32). After
reboot, enter BIOS and go to the console. Mount the first partition:
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
Copy zImage either from your host or USB mass storage device into the /boot directory and
execute:
echo “mem=59M root=/dev/hda1” > /boot/kparam
Exit BIOS and enter the bootlist by pressing ’Tab’. You can now boot from /dev/hda1.
To enable the console port edit /etc/inittab, so that tty1-tty6 are commented and console is
configured for 115200bps:
...
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty’s go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
#2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
#3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
#4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
#5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
#6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
# Example how to put a getty on a serial line (for a terminal)
#
T0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L console 115200 linux
#T1:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS1 9600 vt100
...
Figure 32: Continue without Boot Loader
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