How To Install A Debian Based Distro On An EasySpeedy Server - Page 2

Install And Configure locales And console-data

aptitude install locales
dpkg-reconfigure locales
aptitude install console-data
dpkg-reconfigure console-data

Installing A Kernel And Grub

First, create /etc/kernel-img.conf file with nano and save it with the contents inside the following box.

nano /etc/kernel-img.conf

# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no

aptitude search linux-image
aptitude install linux-image-2.6.18-4-k7

Now it's time to install Grub. It's easy, don't worry!

cp /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
aptitude install grub
grub-install /dev/sda
update-grub

Now you'll have to add to more lines to /etc/kernel-img.conf.

This will ensure that /boot/grub/menu.lst is updated when you upgrade or delete a Debian kernel. You must do this, or you may have problems in the future.

nano /etc/kernel-img.conf

postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook   = update-grub

The final /etc/kernel-img.conf should look like this:

# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook   = update-grub

Making Your Installation More Mature

This is an optional step, but it is recommended that you install standard priority packages. You can do so with tasksel. This occurs in a standard new Etch install, too.

tasksel install standard

Installing An SSH Server For Your New System

Remember that you are in a chroot environment. Although you have an open ssh session, an ssh server does not exist yet on your Debian Etch. You must install the openssh-server package.

aptitude install openssh-server

Create An Unprivileged User And Set The root Password

At this point you don't have users on the system. Root is there, but it has no password set. To resolve this issue, you must add an unprivileged user account and set the root password. Change 'user' with whatever username you like.