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Updates to the home page

When the time will come, the D-I home page
(http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer) will need changes to
reflect the publication of RC2.

Please find the proposed changes and the new page attached to this
mail.

This is basically s/RC1/RC2, that's all.

Please comment about possible additions, removals, etc.

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#use wml::debian::template title="Debian-Installer" NOHEADER="true"
#use wml::debian::recent_list
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/info"
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/devel/debian-installer/images.data"

<h1>News</h1>

<p><:= get_recent_list('News/$(CUR_YEAR)', '2',
'$(ENGLISHDIR)/devel/debian-installer', '', '\d+\w*' ) :>
<a href="News">Older news</a>
</p>

<h1>Installing with the Debian-Installer</h1>
 
<if-stable-release release="etch">
<p>
<strong>For official Debian <current_release_etch> installation media and
information</strong>, see
<a href="$(HOME)/releases/etch/debian-installer">the etch page</a>.
</p>
</if-stable-release>

<p>
<strong>To install Debian testing</strong>, we recommend you use
the <strong>lenny RC2 release</strong> of the installer, after checking its
<a href="errata">errata</a>. The following images are available for
lenny RC2:
</p>
<ul>
	<li>netinst (generally 135-175 MB) CD images<br />
	    <netinst-images />
	</li>
	<li>businesscard (generally 20-50 MB) CD images<br />
	    <businesscard-images />
	</li>
	<li>full CD/DVD sets<br />
	    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
		<tr><td>CD:&nbsp;</td><td><full-cd-images /></td></tr>
		<tr><td>DVD:&nbsp;</td><td><full-dvd-images /></td></tr>
	    </table>
	</li>
	<li>full CD/DVD sets (via <a href="$(HOME)/CD/torrent-cd">bittorrent</a>)
	    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
		<tr><td>CD:&nbsp;</td><td><full-cd-torrent /></td></tr>
		<tr><td>DVD:&nbsp;</td><td><full-dvd-torrent /></td></tr>
	    </table>
	</li>
	<li>full CD/DVD sets (via <a href="$(HOME)/CD/jigdo-cd">jigdo</a>)
	    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
		<tr><td>CD:&nbsp;</td><td><full-cd-jigdo /></td></tr>
		<tr><td>DVD:&nbsp;</td><td><full-dvd-jigdo /></td></tr>
	    </table>
	</li>
	<li>other images (netboot, USB stick, etc)<br />
	    <other-images />
	</li>
</ul>

<p>
Or install the <b>current weekly snapshot of Debian testing</b>
which uses the same version of the installer as the last release:
</p>
<ul>
	<li>full CD/DVD sets<br />
	    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
		<tr><td>CD:&nbsp;</td><td><devel-full-cd-images /></td></tr>
		<tr><td>DVD:&nbsp;</td><td><devel-full-dvd-images /></td></tr>
	    </table>
	</li>
	<li>full CD/DVD sets (via <a href="$(HOME)/CD/torrent-cd">bittorrent</a>)
	    &mdash; only sufficiently seeded images are listed
	    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
		<tr><td>CD:&nbsp;</td><td><devel-full-cd-torrent /></td></tr>
#		Not really enough time to get these seeded properly
#		<tr><td>DVD:&nbsp;</td><td><devel-full-dvd-torrent /></td></tr>
	    </table>
	</li>
	<li>full CD/DVD sets (via <a href="$(HOME)/CD/jigdo-cd">jigdo</a>)
	    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
		<tr><td>CD:&nbsp;</td><td><devel-full-cd-jigdo /></td></tr>
		<tr><td>DVD:&nbsp;</td><td><devel-full-dvd-jigdo /></td></tr>
	    </table>
	</li>
</ul>

<p>
If you'd like something newer to help us test a future release of the
installer, or because of hardware problems or other issues, try one of these
<strong>daily built images</strong> which contain the latest available version of
installer components.
</p>
<ul>
	<li>netinst (generally 135-175 MB) and businesscard (generally 20-50 MB) CD images<br />
	    <devel-small-cd-images />
	</li>
	<li>netinst and businesscard CD images (via <a href="$(HOME)/CD/jigdo-cd">jigdo</a>)<br />
	    <devel-small-cd-jigdo />
	</li>
	<li>multi-arch CD images<br />
	    <devel-multi-arch-cd />
	</li>
	<li>other images (netboot, usb stick, floppy, etc)<br />
	    <devel-other-images />
	</li>
</ul>

<p>
If any of the hardware in your system <strong>requires firmware to be
loaded</strong> with the device driver, you can use one of the
<a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/";>\
tarballs of common firmware packages</a>. Instructions how to use the tarballs
and general information about loading firmware during an installation can
be found in the Installation Guide (see Documentation below).
</p>

<p>
<strong>Notes</strong>
</p>
<ul>
	<li>Before you download the daily built images, we suggest you check for
	<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Today";>known issues</a>.</li>
	<li>For CD and DVD images, an <tt>MD5SUMS</tt> file is available in the
	same directory as the images.</li>
	<li>For downloading full CD and DVD images the use of bittorrent or jigdo
	is recommended.</li>
	<li>The multi-arch <em>CD</em> images support i386/amd64/powerpc and
	alpha/hppa/ia64; the installation is similar to installing
	from a single architecture netinst image.</li>
	<li>The multi-arch <em>DVD</em> image supports i386/amd64/powerpc; the
	installation is similar to installing from a single architecture full
	CD image; the DVD also includes the source for all included packages.</li>
	<li>As m68k is currently not included in the <q>testing</q> suite, there
	are no weekly snapshots for m68k.</li>
</ul>

<p>
<strong>After using the Debian-Installer</strong>, please send us an
<a href="http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch05s03.html#submit-bug";>installation report</a>,
even if there weren't any problems.
</p>

<h1>Documentation</h1>

<p>
<strong>If you read only one document</strong> before installing, read our
<a href="http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apa.html";>Installation
Howto</a>, a quick walkthrough of the installation process. Other useful
documentation includes:
</p>

<ul>
<li>Installation Guide:
    <a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/installmanual";>version for current release</a>
    &mdash;
    <a href="http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/";>development version</a><br />
detailed installation instructions</li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ";>Debian-Installer FAQ</a>
and <a href="$(HOME)/CD/faq/">Debian-CD FAQ</a><br />
common questions and answers</li>
<li><a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller";>Debian-Installer Wiki</a><br />
community maintained documentation</li>
</ul>

<h1>Contacting us</h1>

<p>
The <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/";>debian-boot
mailing list</a> is the main forum for discussion and work on
Debian-Installer.
</p>

<p>
We also have an IRC channel, #debian-boot on <tt>irc.debian.org</tt>. This
channel is used mainly for development, but occasionally for support.
If you do not receive a response, try the mailing list instead.
</p>

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+++ index-new.wml	2008-12-14 09:03:10.101582490 +0100
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 
 <p>
 <strong>To install Debian testing</strong>, we recommend you use
-the <strong>lenny RC1 release</strong> of the installer, after checking its
+the <strong>lenny RC2 release</strong> of the installer, after checking its
 <a href="errata">errata</a>. The following images are available for
-lenny RC1:
+lenny RC2:
 </p>
 <ul>
 	<li>netinst (generally 135-175 MB) CD images<br />

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