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For some quick links to installation images, check out the debian-installer home page. The debian-cd team provides builds of installation images using debian-installer on the Debian CD/DVD page. For more information on where to get installation images, see Section 4.1, “Official Debian GNU/Hurd installation images”.
Some installation methods require other images than those for optical media. The debian-installer home page has links to other images. Section 4.2.1, “Where to Find Installation Files” explains how to find images on Debian mirrors.
The subsections below will give the details about which images you should get for each possible means of installation.
The netinst CD image is a popular image which can be used to install trixie with the debian-installer. This installation method is intended to boot from the image and install additional packages over a network; hence the name “netinst”. The image has the software components needed to run the installer and the base packages to provide a minimal trixie system. If you'd rather, you can get a DVD image which will not need the network to install. You only need the first image of such set.
Download whichever type you prefer and burn it to an optical disc. To boot the disc, you may need to change your BIOS/UEFI configuration, as explained in Section 3.6.1, “Invoking the BIOS/UEFI Set-Up Menu”.
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