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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-12-27 03:35:13 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-12-27 03:35:13 +0000
commit8219c51318cb79b7af79e474c76a484221d3a2fe (patch)
treea400dfc600cfef23c15cd70e605fad56d0f42652 /en/preparing/nondeb-part
parent3ddec740cf1d5dcfae4ad676a108f99cf1aaa3f3 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-8219c51318cb79b7af79e474c76a484221d3a2fe.zip
More corrections suggested by Clytie
Diffstat (limited to 'en/preparing/nondeb-part')
-rw-r--r--en/preparing/nondeb-part/alpha.xml2
-rw-r--r--en/preparing/nondeb-part/m68k.xml4
-rw-r--r--en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml4
-rw-r--r--en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml6
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/alpha.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/alpha.xml
index 39b6f876d..2743367ba 100644
--- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/alpha.xml
+++ b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/alpha.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ native Windows NT tools (or, more conveniently, you can also
repartition your disk from the AlphaBIOS setup menu). Otherwise, it
is not really necessary to partition from Windows; the Linux
partitioning tools will generally do a better job. Note that when you
-run NT, the Disk Administrator may offer you to write a <quote>harmless
+run NT, the Disk Administrator may offer to write a <quote>harmless
signature</quote> on non-Windows disks if you have any.
<emphasis>Never</emphasis> let it do that, as this signature will destroy
the partition information.
diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/m68k.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/m68k.xml
index 09f677851..37734ca55 100644
--- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/m68k.xml
+++ b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/m68k.xml
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ SC Setup</command> using <command>ResEdit</command> can be found at
For IDE based Macs, you need to use <command>Apple Drive Setup</command> to create
empty space for the Linux partitions, and complete the partitioning under
-Linux, or use the MacOS version of pdisk available from the MkLinux FTP
-server.
+Linux, or use the MacOS version of pdisk available for download from
+<ulink url="http://homepage.mac.com/alk/downloads/pdisk.sit.hqx">Alsoft</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml
index 2784f6a2b..2fd599773 100644
--- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml
+++ b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ kernel understands Sun disk labels, so there are no problems there.
Just make sure you leave room for the Debian root partition within the
first 1GB area of the boot disk. You can also place the kernel image on a
UFS partition if that is easier than putting the root partition there.
-SILO supports booting Linux and SunOS from either EXT2 (Linux), UFS
-(SunOS), romfs and iso9660 (CDROM) partitions.
+SILO supports booting Linux and SunOS from any of EXT2 (Linux), UFS
+(SunOS), romfs or iso9660 (CDROM) partitions.
</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml
index 95315fef5..edc98ecb7 100644
--- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml
+++ b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ job.
</para><para>
-But if you have a large IDE disk, and are using neither LBA addressing,
-overlay drivers (sometimes provided by hard disk manufacturers), nor a
+But if you have a large IDE disk, and are not using LBA addressing,
+overlay drivers (sometimes provided by hard disk manufacturers), or a
new (post 1998) BIOS that supports large disk access extensions, then
you must locate your Debian boot partition carefully. In this case,
you will have to put the boot partition into the first 1024 cylinders
-of your hard drive (usually around 524 megabytes, without BIOS
+of your hard disk (usually around 524 megabytes, without BIOS
translation). This may require that you move an existing FAT or NTFS
partition.