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authorSteve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>2015-04-17 15:47:40 +0000
committerSteve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>2015-04-17 15:47:40 +0000
commit50bd69987c8dbb618db0e0f2cf77b9ac85b66dbb (patch)
treefadb672334f307ac7dbaccb19321f1456d2737e4 /en
parent422f4a612fd565cc4da511a5e95e2d5c589c52bb (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-50bd69987c8dbb618db0e0f2cf77b9ac85b66dbb.zip
minor tweaks for arm64 boot text
Diffstat (limited to 'en')
-rw-r--r--en/boot-installer/arm.xml27
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/arm.xml b/en/boot-installer/arm.xml
index 39a776fc9..496c19f08 100644
--- a/en/boot-installer/arm.xml
+++ b/en/boot-installer/arm.xml
@@ -54,21 +54,20 @@
<para>
The graphical installer is not enabled on the arm64 &d-i; images
for jessie so the serial console is used. The console device
- should be detected automatically from the firmware, but if it not then after
- you boot linux from the GRUB menu you will see a 'Booting Linux'
- message then nothing more.
+ should be detected automatically from the firmware, but if it is
+ not then after you boot linux from the GRUB menu you will see a
+ 'Booting Linux' message then nothing more.
</para>
<para>
- If you hit this issue you will need to set a specific console config on the kernel command line.
- Hit <userinput>e</userinput> for 'Edit Kernel command-line'
- at the GRUB menu, and change
- <informalexample><screen>--- quiet</screen></informalexample>
- to
+ If you hit this issue you will need to set a specific console
+ config on the kernel command line. Hit <userinput>e</userinput>
+ for 'Edit Kernel command-line' at the GRUB menu, and change
+ <informalexample><screen>--- quiet</screen></informalexample> to
<informalexample><screen>console=&lt;device&gt;,&lt;speed&gt;</screen></informalexample>
- e.g.
- <informalexample><screen>console=ttyAMA0,115200n8</screen></informalexample>
+ e.g. <informalexample><screen>console=ttyAMA0,115200n8</screen></informalexample>
When finished hit <keycombo><keycap>Control</keycap>
-<keycap>x</keycap></keycombo> to continue booting with new setting.
+ <keycap>x</keycap></keycombo> to continue booting with new
+ setting.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -84,9 +83,9 @@
<para>
Prepare a standard arm64 CD image on a USB stick. Insert it in
one of the USB ports on the back. Plug a serial cable into the
- upper 9-pin D on the back. If you need networking (netboot
- image) plug the ethernet cable into the socket on the front of
- the machine.
+ upper 9-pin serial port on the back. If you need networking
+ (netboot image) plug the ethernet cable into the socket on the
+ front of the machine.
</para>
<para>
Run a serial console at 115200, 8bit no parity, and boot the