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Many, many Debian users and developers contributed to this document. Particular note must be made for Michael Schmitz (m68k support), Frank Neumann (original author of the Debian Installation Instructions for Amiga), Arto Astala, Eric Delaunay (SPARC information), Tapio Lehtonen, and Stéphane Bortzmeyer for numerous edits and text.
Extremely helpful text and information was found in Jim Mintha's HOWTO for network booting, the Debian FAQ, the Linux/m68k FAQ, the Linux for SPARC Processors FAQ, the Linux/Alpha FAQ, amongst others. The maintainers of these freely available and rich sources of information must be recognized.
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