diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index f17c1d8..972a255 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RTFD
    public/curl/index
    public/dd/index
    public/debian/index
+   public/debootstrap/index
    public/dns/index
    public/docker/index
    public/ffmpeg/index
diff --git a/docs/public/debootstrap/dldebs.rst b/docs/public/debootstrap/dldebs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..515daee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/public/debootstrap/dldebs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+download debs
+=============
+
+* wget
+
+  * xz
+  * bz2
+  * gz
diff --git a/docs/public/debootstrap/finddebs.rst b/docs/public/debootstrap/finddebs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a51f564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/public/debootstrap/finddebs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+find debs
+=========
+
+work out debs
+-------------
+
+* dists/${suite}/${component}/binary-${architecture}/Packages
+
+..code:: bash
+
+ required ← Priority: required
+ base ← "apt apt-transport-https ca-certificates"
+
+resolve deps
+------------
+
+* dists/${suite}/${component}/binary-${architecture}/Packages
+
+..code:: bash
+
+ packages ← Depends: …
diff --git a/docs/public/debootstrap/first_stage.rst b/docs/public/debootstrap/first_stage.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb8a08d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/public/debootstrap/first_stage.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+first stage
+===========
+
+extractor
+---------
+
+* dpkg-deb / ar
+
+dpkg
+----
+
+* var/lib/dpkg
+* var/lib/dpkg/available
+* var/lib/dpkg/status
+
+etc
+---
+
+* fstab
+* hostname
+* resolv.conf
diff --git a/docs/public/debootstrap/index.rst b/docs/public/debootstrap/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09b863e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/public/debootstrap/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+debootstrap
+===========
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+   :numbered: 2
+
+   finddebs
+   dldebs
+   first_stage
+   second_stage
diff --git a/docs/public/debootstrap/second_stage.rst b/docs/public/debootstrap/second_stage.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf13fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/public/debootstrap/second_stage.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+second stage
+============