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Downlaod and install the base:

Download the stable netinstall iso from the debian mirror burn to the cd, download the virtualbox:
http://download.virtualbox.org/

and install the the iso to the virtualbox, it will get the network connection add the stable debian version.
mirrors to the /etc/apt/sources.list this is for debian squeeze with the apt-cacher-ng wich store the packages in it's cache for the next install:

deb http://127.0.0.1:3142/ftp.ie.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://127.0.0.1:3142/security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb http://127.0.0.1:3142/debian-multimedia.org squeeze main non-free
deb http://127.0.0.1:3142/ftp.ie.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main

Run the apt-get update and upgrade the kernel with "aptitude upgrade kernel" or install manually with:

aptitude install linux-image-new_version

and then do a dist upgrade with aptitude dist-upgrade
Now install the necessary packages:

aptitude install pppconfig make linux-headers-$(uname -r) apt-cacher-ng rsync elinks apache2 gcc gpm dnsmasq sudo

Copy the /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng for the next installations of packages from it's cache, to get connected to the internet with dial up connection use the pppconfig.
Use the "aptitude install gnome-core" will install the minimal gnome desktop and "aptitude install gnome" will install the full gnome desktop:

aptitude install xserver-xorg gnome visudo apt_preferences

With the above command you can install the xserver, if you want for more detailed command run the:

aptitude install xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo libdrm-nouveau1a xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-geode x11-apps libx11-data libx11-xcb1 x11-session-utils x11-common libx11-6 dbus-x11 xserver-common xserver-xephyr x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xserver-utils xterm x11-xkb-utils and install other needed packages:

aptitude install exim4-daemon-heavy pulseaudio squirrelmail apache2 lynx fetchmail fetchmailconf lftp brasero vlc mplayer virtualbox parted xpdf uw-imapd qpopper iceweasel pidgin amule ddclient tcpdump apt-files xchat bluefish samba winbind atd nfs smartmontools acpid portmap spamassassin dbus avahi-daemon less telnet libio-socket-ssl-perl telnet shorewall sysv-rc-conf insserv graphviz shorewall apt-file dlocate nmap gft gparted swat libssl-dev acl smbclient smbfs autofs krb5-config krb5-user ntpdate vcdimager libgphoto2-l10n roundcube gwget locate

Downlaod the install file.
Install the kde desktop:

aptitude -y install kde

To install the virtualbox from source install these packages:

aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) gdebi gcc g++ bcc iasl xsltproc
uuid-dev zlib1g-dev libidl-dev libsdl1.2-dev libxcursor-dev libasound2-dev libstdc++5 libhal-dev
libpulse-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev python2.5-dev libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools libcap-dev
libxmu-dev mesa-common-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libpam0g-dev
libqt4-opengl-dev ia32-libs libc6-dev-i386 lib32gcc1 gcc-multilib lib32stdc++6 g++-multilib
libxinerama-dev libxrandr-dev makeself texlive-full curl gsoap yasm subversion java-common
openjdk-6-jdk yasm libqt4-opengl-dev doxygen


Use and read the man of tasksel for the group installations.
Next we will setup the dnsmasq as dns and dhcp server.