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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2009-11-02 23:04:22 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2009-11-02 23:04:22 +0000
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Remove alpha from nl translation
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-rw-r--r--nl/install-methods/download/alpha.xml36
-rw-r--r--nl/install-methods/downloading-files.xml1
-rw-r--r--nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml33
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diff --git a/nl/install-methods/download/alpha.xml b/nl/install-methods/download/alpha.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff0250415..000000000
--- a/nl/install-methods/download/alpha.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
-<!-- original version: 28997 untranslated -->
-
-
- <sect3 arch="alpha"><title>Alpha Installation Files</title>
-<para>
-
-If you choose to boot from ARC console firmware using
-<command>MILO</command>, you will also need to prepare a disk
-containing <command>MILO</command> and <command>LINLOAD.EXE</command>
-from the provided disk images. See <xref linkend="alpha-firmware"/>
-for more information on Alpha
-firmware and boot loaders. The floppy images can be found in the
-<filename>MILO</filename> directory as
-<filename>milo_<replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable>.bin</filename>.
-
-</para><para>
-
-Unfortunately, these <command>MILO</command> images could not be
-tested and might not work for all subarchitectures. If you find it
-doesn't work for you, try copying the appropriate
-<command>MILO</command> binary onto the floppy
-(<ulink url="&disturlftp;main/disks-alpha/current/MILO/"></ulink>).
-Note that those <command>MILO</command>s don't support ext2 <quote>sparse
-superblocks</quote>, so you can't use them to load kernels from newly
-generated ext2 file systems. As a workaround, you can put your kernel
-onto the FAT partition next to the <command>MILO</command>.
-
-</para><para>
-
-<command>MILO</command> binaries are platform-specific. See
-<xref linkend="alpha-cpus"/> to determine the appropriate
-<command>MILO</command> image for your Alpha platform.
-
-</para>
- </sect3>
diff --git a/nl/install-methods/downloading-files.xml b/nl/install-methods/downloading-files.xml
index 4cda65819..f833867c1 100644
--- a/nl/install-methods/downloading-files.xml
+++ b/nl/install-methods/downloading-files.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ The installation images are located on each Debian mirror in the directory
lists each image and its purpose.
</para>
-&download-alpha.xml;
&download-arm.xml;
&download-powerpc.xml;
diff --git a/nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml
index 5415c585a..564e772d2 100644
--- a/nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml
+++ b/nl/install-methods/install-tftp.xml
@@ -38,23 +38,6 @@ For PowerPC, if you have a NewWorld Power Macintosh machine, it is a
good idea to use DHCP instead of BOOTP. Some of the latest machines
are unable to boot using BOOTP.
-</para><para arch="alpha">
-
-Unlike the Open Firmware found on Sparc and PowerPC machines, the SRM
-console will <emphasis>not</emphasis> use RARP to obtain its IP
-address, and therefore you must use BOOTP for net booting your
-Alpha<footnote>
-
-<para>
-Alpha systems can also be net-booted using the DECNet MOP (Maintenance
-Operations Protocol), but this is not covered here. Presumably, your
-local OpenVMS operator will be happy to assist you should you have
-some burning need to use MOP to boot Linux on your Alpha.
-</para>
-
-</footnote>. You can also enter the IP configuration for network
-interfaces directly in the SRM console.
-
</para><para arch="hppa">
Some older HPPA machines (e.g. 715/75) use RBOOTD rather than BOOTP.
@@ -221,22 +204,6 @@ to <command>tftpd</command> as the filename to boot.
</para>
- <sect3 arch="alpha">
- <title>Alpha TFTP Booting</title>
-<para>
-On Alpha, you must specify the filename (as a relative path to the
-boot image directory) using the <userinput>-file</userinput> argument
-to the SRM <userinput>boot</userinput> command, or by setting the
-<userinput>BOOT_FILE</userinput> environment variable. Alternatively,
-the filename can be given via BOOTP (in ISC <command>dhcpd</command>,
-use the <userinput>filename</userinput> directive). Unlike Open
-Firmware, there is <emphasis>no default filename</emphasis> on SRM, so
-you <emphasis>must</emphasis> specify a filename by either one of
-these methods.
-
-</para>
- </sect3>
-
<sect3 arch="sparc">
<title>SPARC TFTP Booting</title>
<para>