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| author | Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> | 2022-05-20 00:02:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> | 2022-05-20 00:02:26 +0200 |
| commit | c88fe18c8e799ebd957509a416683baecd537caa (patch) | |
| tree | f1bfedec4c1f616003b002b47f27311b962130b4 /en/preparing/nondeb-part | |
| parent | cf31af36a58834f1dc445c72d7e30ad2614172e3 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-c88fe18c8e799ebd957509a416683baecd537caa.zip | |
Clean-up of outdated/no longer used content (remove docs for non-release archs)
Diffstat (limited to 'en/preparing/nondeb-part')
| -rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml | 41 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml index 6681589f4..c88b75c91 100644 --- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml +++ b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ <!-- $Id$ --> +<!-- <sect2 arch="powerpc"><title>Mac OS X Partitioning</title> <para> @@ -37,3 +38,4 @@ file systems are supported by MacOS 9, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux. </para> </sect2> +--> diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 040feb008..000000000 --- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/sparc.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- $Id$ --> - - - <sect2 arch="sparc"><title>Partitioning from SunOS</title> - -<para> - -It's perfectly fine to partition from SunOS; in fact, if you intend to -run both SunOS and &debian; on the same machine, it is recommended that -you partition using SunOS prior to installing &debian;. The Linux -kernel understands Sun disk labels, so there are no problems there. -SILO supports booting Linux and SunOS from any of EXT2 (Linux), UFS -(SunOS), romfs or iso9660 (CDROM) partitions. - -</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2 arch="sparc"><title>Partitioning from Linux or another OS</title> - -<para> - -Whatever system you are using to partition, make sure you create a -<quote>Sun disk label</quote> on your boot disk. This is the only kind of -partition scheme that the OpenBoot PROM understands, and so it's the -only scheme from which you can boot. In <command>fdisk</command>, the -<keycap>s</keycap> key is used to create Sun disk labels. You only need to do this -on drives that do not already have a Sun disk label. If you are using a -drive that was previously formatted using a PC (or other architecture) you -must create a new disk label, or problems with the disk geometry will most -likely occur. - -</para><para> - -You will probably be using <command>SILO</command> as your boot loader (the -small program which runs the operating system kernel). -<command>SILO</command> has certain requirements for partition sizes and -location; see <xref linkend="partitioning"/>. - -</para> - </sect2> |