26 Feb 2010    Install Debian          Fargo


Insert "Debian Lenny 5.03 i386 Net Install" CD
                                /sbin/reboot
debian installer boot menu      install
+00:00
  language                      English
  country                       United States
  keymap                        American English
  detecting hardware
    configuring with DHCP

  hostname                      fargo
  domain name                   wecoma

  Getting time from network timeserver
    Timezone                    Pacific

  Detecting Hardware ...
  Loading additional components ...
+00:02
  Partition disks                               guided - use entire disk
        disk to partition                       sda - 1.0 TB ATA ST31000340NS
        scheme                                  all in one partition
         1   primary   997.5 GB B ext3    /
         5   logical     2.7 GB   swap    swap
                                                Finish and write
        write changes do disk?                  Yes
+00:04
        creating ext3 files system for / in partition #1 hda ... 
  Installing base system
+00:09
  root password                 
  new user                      Toby Martin
        username for account    toby    
+00:10
  Configure package manager     
        mirror country          United States
        archive mirror          debian.osuosl.org
        HTTP proxy              blank
        Configuring popularity contest
                participate     no
+00:20
  Choose software to install
        Desktop environment     yes
        Web server              yes
        Print Server            no
        DNS server              no
        Files server            no
        Mail server             no
        SQL database            no
        Laptop                  no
        Standard system         yes
        Retrieving files ... 
+00:53
        Install GRUB on MBR                             yes
+00:56
        CD auto ejects ...

        Installation complete, boot new system          continue

  Booting
  boots to GUI
                                console
  fargo:                       update-rc.d -f gdm remove
                                /sbin/reboot

  # boots to console
  fargo login:                 toby
                                startx
  # GUI works
                                <cntl><alt><backspace>

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###
### After an upgrade I saw this message.  It might be interesting 
### to follow up on to set the timezone to UTC.
###


Current default timezone: 'America/Los_Angeles'
Local time is now:      Sat Feb  6 23:58:34 PST 2010.
Universal Time is now:  Sun Feb  7 07:58:34 UTC 2010.
Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.