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authorSamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>2013-04-14 21:58:49 +0000
committerSamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>2013-04-14 21:58:49 +0000
commitd8607f481ae99922ce41102778280abafae7a7c9 (patch)
treefaa145b52d481838cd1448f14d53706a12a9c27d
parent1a14a1be4116ee865b28c9df25ca872974dce8f2 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-d8607f481ae99922ce41102778280abafae7a7c9.zip
Rework the auto wording.
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog1
-rw-r--r--en/appendix/preseed.xml25
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0960bb357..00a050a00 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ installation-guide (201304XX) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Samuel Thibault ]
* Add some details about serial console boot parameter.
+ * Rework the auto wording.
[ Jakub Wilk ]
* Fix some typos. Closes: #705311.
diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index d728c0265..bd9edda82 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -397,15 +397,20 @@ parameters, even if you delimit them with quotes.
There are several features of &debian; Installer that combine to allow
fairly simple command lines at the boot prompt to result in
-arbitrarily complex customized automatic installs. <footnote>
-<para>
-Note that in this section the 'auto' part of the examples is a
-syslinux <emphasis>boot label</emphasis>
-which adds the kernel parameters <literal>auto=true priority=critical</literal>
-to the <literal>append</literal> command for the boot label.
-</para>
-</footnote> To illustrate
-this, here are some examples that can be used at the boot prompt:
+arbitrarily complex customized automatic installs.
+
+</para><para>
+
+This is enabled by using the <literal>Automated install</literal> boot choice,
+also called <literal>auto</literal> for some architectures or boot methods. In
+this section, <literal>auto</literal> is thus not a parameter, it means
+selecting that boot choice, and appending the following boot parameters on
+the boot prompt. <phrase arch="x86">See <xref linkend="boot-screen"/> for
+information on how to add a boot parameter.</phrase>
+
+</para><para>
+
+To illustrate this, here are some examples that can be used at the boot prompt:
<informalexample><screen>
auto url=autoserver
@@ -495,7 +500,7 @@ for you.
</para><para>
-The <literal>auto</literal> boot label is not yet defined on all arches.
+The <literal>auto</literal> boot choice is not yet defined on all arches.
The same effect may be achieved by simply adding the two
parameters <literal>auto=true priority=critical</literal> to the kernel
command line. The <literal>auto</literal> kernel parameter is an alias for