Chapter 5. Booting the Installation System

Table of Contents

5.1. Booting the Installer on 32-bit soft-float ARM

5.1.1. Boot image formats

5.1.2. Booting by TFTP

5.2. Accessibility

5.2.1. Installer front-end

5.2.2. Board Devices

5.2.3. High-Contrast Theme

5.2.4. Zoom

5.2.5. Expert install, rescue mode, automated install

5.2.6. Accessibility of the installed system

5.3. Boot Parameters

5.3.1. Boot serial console

5.3.2. Debian Installer Parameters

5.3.3. Using boot parameters to answer questions

5.3.4. Passing parameters to kernel modules

5.3.5. Blacklisting kernel modules

5.4. Troubleshooting the Installation Process

5.4.1. Reliability of optical media

5.4.2. Boot Configuration

5.4.3. Interpreting the Kernel Startup Messages

5.4.4. Reporting Installation Problems

5.4.5. Submitting Installation Reports