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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2007-07-23 11:41:26 +0000
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2007-07-23 11:41:26 +0000
commitb08cf4620079b577788a2b4074b69e47e98e4d57 (patch)
treef45a5f570746d35df49e94abff57a6e7bbc98065
parent6e6a60a52023f374065b525e9bcc0d814cde42e0 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-b08cf4620079b577788a2b4074b69e47e98e4d57.zip
* Remove text talking about devfs-style device names, which are no longer
supported.
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog2
-rw-r--r--en/appendix/preseed.xml8
-rw-r--r--en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml4
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 245332e33..8f08ad5b1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ installation-guide (2007xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Colin Watson ]
* Recommend preseeding mirror/country to "manual" rather than "enter
information manually" (choose-mirror 2.17).
+ * Remove text talking about devfs-style device names, which are no longer
+ supported.
-- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:23:10 +0200
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index b8de9c176..f7a3ef4a3 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -886,10 +886,10 @@ correct one will be selected before using preseeding.
#d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \
# select Guided - use the largest continuous free space
-# Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition. The device name
-# can be given in either devfs or traditional non-devfs format.
-# For example, to use the first disk:
-d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/discs/disc0/disc
+# Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition. The device name must
+# be given in traditional non-devfs format.
+# For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk:
+d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
# In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use.
# The presently available methods are: "regular", "lvm" and "crypto"
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml
index 4c0547244..730b162a7 100644
--- a/en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml
+++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/x86/lilo-installer.xml
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ loader.
Useful for advanced users who want to install <command>LILO</command>
somewhere else. In this case you will be asked for desired
-location. You can use devfs style names, such as those that start with
-<filename>/dev/ide</filename>, <filename>/dev/scsi</filename>, and
-<filename>/dev/discs</filename>, as well as traditional names, such as
+location. You can use traditional device names such as
<filename>/dev/hda</filename> or <filename>/dev/sda</filename>.
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