Debian -- Network install from a minimal USB, CD

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This single CD contains just the minimal amount of software to install the base system and fetch the remaining packages over the Internet.</p> <p><strong>What types of network connections are supported during installation?</strong> Various different ways are supported for this, like Ethernet and WLAN (with some restrictions)</p> <p>The following minimal bootable CD images are available for download:</p> <ul> <li>Official <q>netinst</q> images for the <q>stable</q> release — <a href="#netinst-stable">see below</a></li> <li>Images for the <q>testing</q> release — see the <a href="../../devel/debian-installer/">Debian-Installer page</a>.</li> </ul> <h2 id="netinst-stable">Official netinst images for the <q>stable</q> release</h2> <p>This image contains the installer and a small set of packages which allows the installation of a (very) basic system.</p> <div class="line"> <div class="item col50"> <p><strong>netinst CD image</strong></p> <div class="downloads"><ul class="downlist"><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso">amd64</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/arm64/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-arm64-netinst.iso">arm64</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armel/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-armel-netinst.iso">armel</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armhf/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-armhf-netinst.iso">armhf</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-i386-netinst.iso">i386</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/mips64el/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-mips64el-netinst.iso">mips64el</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/mipsel/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-mipsel-netinst.iso">mipsel</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso">ppc64el</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/s390x/iso-cd/debian-12.9.0-s390x-netinst.iso">s390x</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="item col50 lastcol"> <p><strong>netinst CD image (via <a href="../../CD/torrent-cd">bittorrent</a>)</strong></p> <div class="downloads"><ul class="downlist"><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-amd64-netinst.iso.torrent">amd64</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/arm64/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-arm64-netinst.iso.torrent">arm64</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armel/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-armel-netinst.iso.torrent">armel</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/armhf/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-armhf-netinst.iso.torrent">armhf</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-i386-netinst.iso.torrent">i386</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/mips64el/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-mips64el-netinst.iso.torrent">mips64el</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/mipsel/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-mipsel-netinst.iso.torrent">mipsel</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/ppc64el/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso.torrent">ppc64el</a></li><li><a href="https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/s390x/bt-cd/debian-12.9.0-s390x-netinst.iso.torrent">s390x</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <p>For information what these files are and how to use them, please see the <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a>.</p> <p>Once you have downloaded the images, be sure to have a look at the <a href="../../releases/stable/installmanual">detailed information about the installation process</a>.</p> </div>  <div class="clr"></div> </div>  <div id="footer"> <hr class="hidecss"> <ul class="subnav"> <li><a href="../../CD/">debian_on_cd</a></li> <li><a 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