HOWTO Install Debian Woody on a Compaq Server

This article is now deprecated (initially written in 2003)
but we are re-publicising just in case it would be useful to someone...
Think about a root password and another user (with password). Gather all the network configuration elements you will use for that machine. We will need at least to connect to SSH on this machine, so be prepared to open port 22 on a public IP address on the firewall.