Debian-Installer#Win32-loader
{{Outdated|date=December 2023}}
{{Short description|System installer for Debian}}
{{Primary sources|date=April 2022}}
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| screenshot = Debian10-graphical-installer.png
| screenshot size = 300px
| caption = The language select screen of the Debian Installer
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| author = Debian Project
| developer = Debian Install System Team
| released = {{Start date and age|2005|06|06}}
| discontinued =
| latest release version = 12.7 (Bookworm)
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|6|10}}{{cite web
| title = Debian "bookworm" Release Information
| url = https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/
| publisher = Debian
| access-date = 2023-06-10}}
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| programming language = C
| operating system = Microcosm of Debian, made of udebs (loading from Windows is supported via win32-loader)
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| language = 87 languages
| genre = System installer
| license = GPL
| website = {{URL|https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/}}
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Debian-Installer is a system installer for Debian and its derivatives. It originally appeared in Skolelinux (Debian-Edu) 1.0,{{cite web |date=2004-06-21 |title=First distribution ships with Debian-Installer |url=https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2004/20040621 |access-date=2015-04-27 |publisher=Debian}} released in June 2004, but is now used as the official installation system since Debian 3.1 (Sarge), which was released on June 6, 2005.{{cite web |date=2005-06-06 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050606 |access-date=2015-04-27 |publisher=Debian}}
Features
Debian-Installer consists of two modes: a text mode and a graphical mode. Multiple components of the installer exists to configure various aspects of the installed system, and configuration of some components may require user input.{{Cite web |title=6.1. How the Installer Works |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s01.en.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.debian.org}}
Regardless of which mode is selected, the installer first prompts the user for a language selection. Some of the tasks the installer performs after a language selection is as follows:{{Cite web |title=6.2. Components Introduction |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s02.en.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.debian.org}}
- Detects hardware
- Detect installation media
- Configure the network
- Configure APT/select mirrors
- Set up user accounts
- Detect other operating systems
Win32-loader
win32-loader (officially Debian-Installer Loader){{cite web |title=DebianInstaller/Loader - Debian Wiki |url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Loader |website=wiki.debian.org |accessdate=24 June 2018}} is a discontinuedhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/05/msg00003.html component of the Debian Linux distribution that runs on Windows and has the ability to load the actual Debian installer either from the network (as in the version in [http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/tools/win32-loader/stable/win32-loader.exe an official website]) or from CD-ROM media (as in the version included in Jessie CD images).
See also
External links
- {{Official website}}