From the various options described therein I'd recommend using autoup.sh . You may also find it useful to see Max's log file of a full Debian installation . Some cards cannot be configured automatically when the device driver is loaded as a module, so you may need to know the IO-address and the IRQ beforehand . You also need the module for the nfs file system. The first user After having set the root password, you are asked to enter a user name for the first user on the new system.
Return starts the dependency check procedure.
You have to answer certain questions. However, what cannot be done this way is to use the graphical installation facility coming with XFree. You now have to select from the rest of some thousand packages. You can always install more later if the need arises. You should still go through the select dialog, dependency check, etc., because the versions of some packages will have changed, and so may some dependencies.