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Install Debian or Ubuntu like Arch, simplified
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Debootstrap Install.rst
  1. Download and boot from a Debian live CD: https://www.debian.org/CD/live/
  2. Login with user:live
  3. Setup and mount disks at /mnt. Arch Linux has a good guide to this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Partitioning
  4. Run debootstrap
    • Replace RELEASE below with the name of the release you want to install, like ``jessie`` or ``vivid``
    • Debian: sudo debootstrap RELEASE /mnt http://ftp.debian.org/debian
    • Ubuntu: sudo debootstrap RELEASE /mnt http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
  5. Mount Filesystems:
    • sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
    • sudo mount -t proc none /mnt/proc
    • sudo mount -t sysfs sys /mnt/sys
  1. Chroot into your new system with chroot /mnt /bin/bash
  2. Edit /etc/fstab https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fstab
  3. Set hostname with: echo HOSTNAME > /etc/hostname
  4. Set timezone with ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/ZONE/SUBZONE /etc/localtime
  5. Set root password with: passwd
  6. Generate Locales
    • apt-get install locales
    • dpkg-reconfigure locales
  7. Install a Linux kernel
    • Locate the apropiate one with: apt-cache search linux-image
    • Install it with apt-get install KERNELNAME
  8. Setup Bootloader
    • BIOS: apt-get install grub-pc
    • UEFI: apt-get install grub-efi
  9. Install Bootloader with grub-install /dev/DEVICENAME
  10. Exit Chroot with: exit
  11. Umount everthing:
    • sudo umount /mnt/dev
    • sudo umount /mnt/proc
    • sudo umount /mnt/sys
    • sudo umount /mnt
  12. Reboot with sudo shutdown -r now
  13. Remove installation media
  14. Enjoy!
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