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authorLuca Monducci <luca.mo@tiscali.it>2019-08-22 21:54:39 +0200
committerLuca Monducci <luca.mo@tiscali.it>2019-08-22 21:54:39 +0200
commit516768cded67835cd8acc8df36a211677f7269e7 (patch)
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parent6764487fd041da7415e44183736426da13af7bda (diff)
parent1399f4889632f418c0c17b8382cfff3e08e98361 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-516768cded67835cd8acc8df36a211677f7269e7.zip
Merge branch 'master' of salsa.debian.org:installer-team/installation-guide
Diffstat (limited to 'en/using-d-i/modules')
-rw-r--r--en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml28
-rw-r--r--en/using-d-i/modules/partman-md.xml (renamed from en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml)8
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml
index b6397a213..fe9151b21 100644
--- a/en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml
+++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml
@@ -190,17 +190,23 @@ configured.
<title>Choosing a network mirror</title>
<para>
-If you have selected to use a network mirror during the installation
-(optional for CD/DVD installs, required for netboot images), you will be
-presented with a list of geographically nearby (and therefore hopefully
-fast) network mirrors, based upon your country selection earlier in the
-installation process. Choosing the offered default is usually fine.
+Unless you chose not to use a network mirror, you will be presented
+with a list of network mirrors based upon your country selection
+earlier in the installation process. Choosing the offered default is
+usually fine.
+
+</para><para>
+
+The offered default is deb.debian.org, which is not a mirror itself but
+will redirect to a mirror that should be up-to-date and fast. These
+mirrors support TLS (https protocol) and IPv6. This service is
+maintained by the Debian System Administration (DSA) team.
</para><para>
A mirror can also be specified by hand by choosing <quote>enter information
manually</quote> . You can then specify a mirror host name and an optional
-port number. As of Wheezy, that actually has to be a URL base, i.e. when
+port number. This actually has to be a URL base, i.e. when
specifying an IPv6 address, one has to add square brackets around it, for
instance <quote>[2001:db8::1]</quote>.
@@ -218,16 +224,6 @@ choose the <quote>enter information manually</quote> option. You can then speci
a mirror available via IPv6, although it will probably not be the fastest
possible one.
-</para><para>
-
-Another option when choosing to specify the mirror manually is to use
-<quote>httpredir.debian.org</quote> as your mirror.
-<quote>httpredir.debian.org</quote> is not a physical mirror but a mirror
-redirection service, i.e. it automatically refers your system to a
-real mirror near you in terms of network topology. It takes into account
-by which protocol you connect to it, i.e. if you use IPv6, it will
-refer you to an IPv6-capable mirror near you.
-
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman-md.xml
index 8d2854ff3..9dffad9f8 100644
--- a/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml
+++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/partman-md.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
<!-- $Id$ -->
- <sect3 id="mdcfg">
+ <sect3 id="partman-md">
<title>Configuring Multidisk Devices (Software RAID)</title>
<para>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ To be honest, you can construct an MD device even from partitions
residing on single physical drive, but that won't give any benefits.
</para></footnote> in your computer, you can use
-<command>mdcfg</command> to set up your drives for increased
+<command>partman-md</command> to set up your drives for increased
performance and/or better reliability of your data. The result is
called <firstterm>Multidisk Device</firstterm> (or after its most
famous variant <firstterm>software RAID</firstterm>).
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Next, you should choose <guimenuitem>Configure software
RAID</guimenuitem> from the main <command>partman</command> menu.
(The menu will only appear after you mark at least one partition for
use as <guimenuitem>physical volume for RAID</guimenuitem>.)
-On the first screen of <command>mdcfg</command> simply select
+On the first screen of <command>partman-md</command> simply select
<guimenuitem>Create MD device</guimenuitem>. You will be presented with
a list of supported types of MD devices, from which you should choose
one (e.g. RAID1). What follows depends on the type of MD you selected.
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ and use the other three partitions (2 active and 1 spare) for RAID1
</para><para>
After you set up MD devices to your liking, you can
-<guimenuitem>Finish</guimenuitem> <command>mdcfg</command> to return
+<guimenuitem>Finish</guimenuitem> <command>partman-md</command> to return
back to the <command>partman</command> to create filesystems on your
new MD devices and assign them the usual attributes like mountpoints.