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add early video section to installation
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### Early video
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On most systems, you will get early video output facilitated by the
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firmware, e.g. BIOS VBE or UEFI or OpenFirmware framebuffers. There
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are systems that do not provide that (e.g. OpenPOWER or non-x86 EFI
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systems without x86 oprom emulation and dedicated GPU without native
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oprom) and you may want to include the native video driver.
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There are also cases when you want this for systems with working
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early video, e.g. if you want full console resolution working in
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initramfs stage.
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Example for systems using ASpeed BMC framebuffers (typically servers):
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# echo ast >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
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```
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A more conventional example for a modern dedicated AMD GPU:
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# echo amdgpu >> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
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```
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The specific module may vary.
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### Initramfs refresh
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A bootable system will typically need an initramfs image. You need to

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