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authorHolger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>2021-11-21 20:55:04 +0100
committerHolger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>2021-11-21 20:55:04 +0100
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Paragraph about booting the graphical installer was in file x86.xml, but it also contains content for powerpc (and it may contain content for arm64 in the future too). So move content to its own file graphical.xml. (Content was conditioned for the respective arch already.)
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-rw-r--r--en/boot-installer/x86.xml80
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diff --git a/en/boot-installer/graphical.xml b/en/boot-installer/graphical.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd4e65b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/en/boot-installer/graphical.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
+<!-- $Id$ -->
+
+ <sect2 condition="gtk" id="graphical">
+ <title>The Graphical Installer</title>
+<para>
+
+The graphical version of the installer is only available for a limited
+number of architectures, including &arch-title;. The functionality of
+the graphical installer is essentially the same as that of the text-based
+installer as it basically uses the same programs, but with a different
+frontend.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Although the functionality is identical, the graphical installer still has
+a few significant advantages. The main advantage is that it supports more
+languages, namely those that use a character set that cannot be displayed
+with the text-based <quote>newt</quote> frontend. It also has a few usability
+advantages such as the option to use a mouse, and in some cases several
+questions can be displayed on a single screen.
+
+</para><para arch="any-x86">
+
+The graphical installer is available with all CD/DVD images and with the
+hd-media installation method. To boot the graphical installer simply select
+the relevant option from the boot menu. Expert and rescue mode for the
+graphical installer can be selected from the <quote>Advanced options</quote>
+menu. The previously used boot methods <userinput>installgui</userinput>,
+<userinput>expertgui</userinput> and <userinput>rescuegui</userinput> can
+still be used from the boot prompt which is shown after selecting the
+<quote>Help</quote> option in the boot menu.
+
+</para><para arch="any-x86">
+
+There is also a graphical installer image that can be netbooted. And there
+is a special <quote>mini</quote> ISO image<footnote id="gtk-miniiso-x86">
+
+<para>
+The mini ISO image can be downloaded from a &debian; mirror as described
+in <xref linkend="downloading-files"/>.
+Look for <filename>netboot/gtk/mini.iso</filename>.
+</para>
+
+</footnote>, which is mainly useful for testing.
+
+</para><para arch="powerpc">
+
+For &arch-title;, currently only an experimental <quote>mini</quote> ISO
+image is available<footnote id="gtk-miniiso-powerpc">
+
+<para>
+The mini ISO image can be downloaded from a &debian; mirror as described
+in <xref linkend="downloading-files"/>.
+Look for <filename>netboot/gtk/mini.iso</filename>.
+</para>
+
+</footnote>. It should work on almost all PowerPC systems that have
+an ATI graphical card, but is unlikely to work on other systems.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Just as with the text-based installer it is possible to add boot parameters
+when starting the graphical installer.
+
+</para>
+<note><para>
+
+The graphical installer requires significantly more memory to run than
+the text-based installer: &minimum-memory-gtk;. If insufficient memory is
+available, it will automatically fall back to the text-based
+<quote>newt</quote> frontend.
+
+</para><para>
+
+If the amount of memory in your system is below &minimum-memory;,
+the graphical installer may fail to boot at all while booting the
+text-based installer would still work. Using the text-based installer is
+recommended for systems with little available memory.
+
+</para></note>
+ </sect2>
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/x86.xml b/en/boot-installer/x86.xml
index 5257dcb76..9761ebbc0 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/x86.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/x86.xml
@@ -299,83 +299,3 @@ to the boot prompt, as described in the help text.
</para>
</sect2>
-
- <sect2 condition="gtk" id="graphical">
- <title>The Graphical Installer</title>
-<para>
-
-The graphical version of the installer is only available for a limited
-number of architectures, including &arch-title;. The functionality of
-the graphical installer is essentially the same as that of the text-based
-installer as it basically uses the same programs, but with a different
-frontend.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Although the functionality is identical, the graphical installer still has
-a few significant advantages. The main advantage is that it supports more
-languages, namely those that use a character set that cannot be displayed
-with the text-based <quote>newt</quote> frontend. It also has a few usability
-advantages such as the option to use a mouse, and in some cases several
-questions can be displayed on a single screen.
-
-</para><para arch="any-x86">
-
-The graphical installer is available with all CD/DVD images and with the
-hd-media installation method. To boot the graphical installer simply select
-the relevant option from the boot menu. Expert and rescue mode for the
-graphical installer can be selected from the <quote>Advanced options</quote>
-menu. The previously used boot methods <userinput>installgui</userinput>,
-<userinput>expertgui</userinput> and <userinput>rescuegui</userinput> can
-still be used from the boot prompt which is shown after selecting the
-<quote>Help</quote> option in the boot menu.
-
-</para><para arch="any-x86">
-
-There is also a graphical installer image that can be netbooted. And there
-is a special <quote>mini</quote> ISO image<footnote id="gtk-miniiso-x86">
-
-<para>
-The mini ISO image can be downloaded from a &debian; mirror as described
-in <xref linkend="downloading-files"/>.
-Look for <filename>netboot/gtk/mini.iso</filename>.
-</para>
-
-</footnote>, which is mainly useful for testing.
-
-</para><para arch="powerpc">
-
-For &arch-title;, currently only an experimental <quote>mini</quote> ISO
-image is available<footnote id="gtk-miniiso-powerpc">
-
-<para>
-The mini ISO image can be downloaded from a &debian; mirror as described
-in <xref linkend="downloading-files"/>.
-Look for <filename>netboot/gtk/mini.iso</filename>.
-</para>
-
-</footnote>. It should work on almost all PowerPC systems that have
-an ATI graphical card, but is unlikely to work on other systems.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Just as with the text-based installer it is possible to add boot parameters
-when starting the graphical installer.
-
-</para>
-<note><para>
-
-The graphical installer requires significantly more memory to run than
-the text-based installer: &minimum-memory-gtk;. If insufficient memory is
-available, it will automatically fall back to the text-based
-<quote>newt</quote> frontend.
-
-</para><para>
-
-If the amount of memory in your system is below &minimum-memory;,
-the graphical installer may fail to boot at all while booting the
-text-based installer would still work. Using the text-based installer is
-recommended for systems with little available memory.
-
-</para></note>
- </sect2>