Insert a CD of Etch Net Install.
At the command line, fire expertgui at start.
Choose language and set the keyboard. Go on with CD-ROM detection. Continue, continue, and continue.
Choose the Intel Pro Ethernet as your primary interface, launch the DHCP detection.
Partition your drive with / in sda5, swap in sda6 and /home in sda7 in ext3. Save and format the drives.
Continue with the timezone (automatic) and the clock (automatic).
Create the users and go on to install some packages…
Install grub on (hd0.2) and reboot on gparted.
Set the flag boot on the ext3 partition and reboot.
Log in root
vi /etc/apt/sources.list add deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib
apt-get update && apt-get dist_upgrade wait
apt-get install vim zsh build-essentials ssh aptitude deborphan localepurge xserver-xorg apt-get install gnome or kde reboot
Here is the lists
Kernel
I advice you to use the 2.6.23-rc9 kernel in order to have a proper audio support :D
Video
USe the latest NVIDIA driver, it works flawlessly.
Wifi
Down the driver AND the ucode on this page: http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi&n=downloads
tar xvf ../iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.1.18.tgz cd iwlwifi-4965-ucode-4.44.1.18 cp *.ucode /lib/firmware
tar xvf ../iwlwifi-1.1.17.tgz cd iwlwifi-1.1.17 make; make; make install modprobe iwl4965
fingerprint.
Downlod thinkfinger in http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinkfinger/
apt-get install libusb-dev libpam-dev
tar xvf thinkfinger.tar.gz
cd thinkfinger/
./configure with-birdir=/etc/pam_thinkfinger with-securitydir=/lib/security
make
make install
Follow the rest on http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader_with_ThinkFinger