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authorJoey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>2006-04-27 15:14:51 +0000
committerJoey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>2006-04-27 15:14:51 +0000
commit9ed71b96e35fea4a6113c0f0f42bdfdb86cea198 (patch)
treeffc6d24bead7b9f5651ea7662a41055677b5fc69 /en/boot-installer
parentede5e8aeb2e2642683292d057c8f72b59d9e3e5a (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-9ed71b96e35fea4a6113c0f0f42bdfdb86cea198.zip
* Booting a USB stick via a boot floppy is not supported by current
installer images. * Update preseeding docs to use task names, not short descriptions, since that will work now and is more convenient for preseeding. * Document the kde-desktop and gnome-desktop subtasks.
Diffstat (limited to 'en/boot-installer')
-rw-r--r--en/boot-installer/i386.xml9
-rw-r--r--en/boot-installer/parameters.xml6
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/i386.xml b/en/boot-installer/i386.xml
index a9b01492b..fe94b6c27 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/i386.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/i386.xml
@@ -203,15 +203,6 @@ computer. The system should boot up, and you should be presented with
the <prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt. Here you can enter optional boot
arguments, or just hit &enterkey;.
-</para><para condition="supports-floppy-boot">
-
-In case your computer doesn't support booting from USB memory devices,
-you can still use a single floppy to do the initial boot and then
-switch to USB. Boot your system as described in <xref linkend="floppy-boot"/>;
-the kernel on the boot floppy should detect your USB stick automatically.
-When it asks for the root floppy, simply press &enterkey;. You should see
-&d-i; starting.
-
</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
index a2c2e7e58..5c5a35a73 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/parameters.xml
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ Debian installer from. For example,
</para><para>
-The boot floppy, which normally scans all floppies and USB storage
-devices it can to find the root floppy, can be overridden by this
-parameter to only look at the one device.
+The boot floppy, which normally scans all floppies it can to find the
+root floppy, can be overridden by this parameter to only look at the
+one device.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>