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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
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* 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.
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@@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ sticks. For details, see <xref linkend="boot-usb-files" />.
Some BIOSes can boot USB storage directly, and some cannot. You may need to
configure your BIOS to boot from a <quote>removable drive</quote> or even a
-<quote>USB-ZIP</quote> to get it to boot from the USB device. If it
-doesn't, you can boot from one floppy and use the USB stick for the rest of
-the install. For helpful hints and details, see <xref linkend="usb-boot" />.
+<quote>USB-ZIP</quote> to get it to boot from the USB device. For helpful
+hints and details, see <xref linkend="usb-boot" />.
</para><para arch="powerpc">