diff --git a/chroot-commands.sh b/chroot-commands.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f509246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chroot-commands.sh
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+ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
+hwclock --systohc
+
+apt-get install -y locales
+cat "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >/etc/locale.gen
+locale-gen
+cat "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >/etc/locale.conf
+
+apt-get install -y network-manager
+systemctl enable NetworkManager
+
+apt-get install -y vim openssh-server
+systemctl enable sshd
+
+apt-get install -y sudo
+echo "change passwd for root:"
+passwd
+echo "add user: wyj"
+useradd -m wyj
+echo "change passwd for wyj:"
+passwd wyj
+usermod -aG sudo wyj
+
+apt-get install -y intel-microcode btrfs-progs
+apt-get install -y firmware-linux linux-image-amd64 systemd-boot
+bootctl install
+
+exit
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index e69de29..af2b8e4 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
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+#! /bin/env bash
+
+# assume that /mnt and /mnt/boot is mounted
+
+TARGET=/mnt
+
+debootstrap stable $TARGET http://deb.debian.org/debian/
+
+genfstab -U $TARGET >>/mnt/etc/fstab
+
+mount -t proc /proc $TARGET/proc
+mount -t sysfs /sys $TARGET/sys
+mount --bind /dev $TARGET/dev
+mount -t devpts /dev/pts $TARGET/dev/pts
+mount --bind /sys/firmware/efi/efivars $TARGET/sys/firmware/efi/efivars
+
+echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stable main non-free-firmware" >$TARGET/etc/apt/sources.list
+echo "export PATH=$PATH:/sbin/" >>$TARGET/root/.bashrc
+
+cp ./chroot-commands.sh $TARGET/root/
+chmod +x $TARGET/root/chroot-commands.sh
+chroot $TARGET /root/chroot-commands.sh
+
+echo "Done! Should be good to reboot now and run post-install scripts."