Automatix is a graphical interface for automating the installation of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based linux operating systems.
How to restore Grub from a live Ubuntu cd.
This will restore grub if you already had grub installed but lost it to a windows install or some other occurence that erased/changed your MBR so that grub no longer appears at start up or it returns an error.
fault root password in Debian is 'root'. After you've logged in, you should change the root password and configure /etc/apt/sources.list to point to a Debian mirror near you.