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authorHolger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>2019-09-22 15:27:18 +0200
committerHolger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>2019-09-22 15:27:18 +0200
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Change CD/DVD etc. into 'installation media' or 'installation image' as cover-term, where applicable
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diff --git a/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml b/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
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--- a/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
+++ b/en/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@
<!-- $Id$ -->
<sect1 id="official-cdrom">
- <title>Official &debian-gnu; CD/DVD-ROM Sets</title>
+ <title>Official &debian-gnu; installation images</title>
<para>
-By far the easiest way to install &debian-gnu; is from an Official
-&debian; CD/DVD-ROM Set. You can buy a set from a vendor (see the
+By far the easiest way to install &debian-gnu; is from a set of official
+&debian; installation images. You can buy a set of CD/DVD from a vendor (see the
<ulink url="&url-debian-cd-vendors;">CD vendors page</ulink>).
-You may also download the CD/DVD-ROM images from a &debian; mirror and make
+You may also download the installation images from a &debian; mirror and make
your own set, if you have a fast network connection and a CD/DVD burner
-(see the <ulink url="&url-debian-cd;">Debian CD page</ulink> and
+(see the <ulink url="&url-debian-cd;">Debian CD/DVD page</ulink> and
<ulink url="&url-debian-cd-faq;">Debian CD FAQ</ulink> for
-detailed instructions). If you have a &debian; CD/DVD set and CDs/DVDs are
+detailed instructions). If you have such optical installation media and those media are
bootable on your machine<phrase arch="x86">, which is the case on all
modern PCs</phrase>, you can skip right to
<xref linkend="boot-installer"/>. Much effort has been expended to ensure
-the most-used files are on the first CDs and DVDs, so that a basic
+the most-used files are on the first CD and DVD image, so that a basic
desktop installation can be done with only the first DVD or - to a limited
-extent - even with only the first CD.
+extent - even with only the first CD image.
</para><para>
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ the installation to download the remaining files or additional CDs.
</para><para>
-Also, keep in mind: if the CDs/DVDs you are using don't contain some packages
+Also, keep in mind: if the installation media you are using don't contain some packages
you need, you can always install those packages afterwards from your running
new Debian system (after the installation has finished). If you need to know
-on which CD/DVD to find a specific package, visit
+on which installation image to find a specific package, visit
<ulink url="https://cdimage-search.debian.org/">https://cdimage-search.debian.org/</ulink>.
</para><para>
-If your machine doesn't support CD booting<phrase arch="x86"> (only relevant
-on very old PC systems)</phrase>, but you do have a CD set,
+If your machine doesn't support booting from optical media<phrase arch="x86"> (only relevant
+on very old PC systems)</phrase>, but you do have a set of CD/DVD,
you can use an alternative strategy such as
<phrase arch="s390">VM reader,</phrase>
@@ -50,21 +50,21 @@ you can use an alternative strategy such as
<phrase condition="supports-tftp">net boot,</phrase>
-or manually loading the kernel from the CD to initially boot the
+or manually loading the kernel from the disc to initially boot the
system installer. The files you need for booting by another means are
-also on the CD; the &debian; network archive and CD folder organization
+also on the disc; the &debian; network archive and folder organization on the disc
are identical. So when archive file paths are given below for
particular files you need for booting, look for those files in the
-same directories and subdirectories on your CD.
+same directories and subdirectories on your installation media.
</para><para>
Once the installer is booted, it will be able to obtain all the other
-files it needs from the CD.
+files it needs from the disc.
</para><para>
-If you don't have a CD set, then you will need to download the
+If you don't have a installation media set, then you will need to download the
installer system files and place them on the
<phrase arch="s390">VM minidisk</phrase>