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| -rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/installation-media.xml | 29 |
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diff --git a/en/hardware/installation-media.xml b/en/hardware/installation-media.xml index 6b8ecf14f..61cc43948 100644 --- a/en/hardware/installation-media.xml +++ b/en/hardware/installation-media.xml @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ For CHRP, floppy support is currently broken. </para> </sect2> - <sect2 arch="not-s390"><title>CD-ROM/DVD-ROM</title> + <sect2 arch="not-s390"><title>CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/BD-ROM</title> <note><para> -Whenever you see <quote>CD-ROM</quote> in this manual, it applies to both -CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs, because both technologies are really -the same from the operating system's point of view. +Whenever you see <quote>CD-ROM</quote> in this manual, it applies to +all of CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and BD-ROMs, because all these technologies +are really the same from the operating system's point of view. </para></note><para> @@ -42,14 +42,9 @@ CD-ROM based installation is supported for most architectures. </para><para arch="x86"> -On PCs SATA, IDE/ATAPI and SCSI CD-ROMs are supported. +On PCs SATA, IDE/ATAPI, USB and SCSI CD-ROMs are supported, as are +FireWire devices that are supported by the ohci1394 and sbp2 drivers. -</para><para arch="x86"> - -USB CD-ROM drives are also supported, as are FireWire devices that -are supported by the ohci1394 and sbp2 drivers. - -</para> <!-- This is not true on today's hardware <para arch="arm"> @@ -76,12 +71,12 @@ entry in the firmware. <para> -USB flash disks a.k.a. USB memory sticks have become a commonly -used and cheap storage device. Most modern computer systems -also allow booting the &d-i; from such a stick. -Many modern computer systems, in particular netbooks and thin laptops, do not have -a CD/DVD-ROM drive anymore at all and booting from USB media ist -the standard way of installing a new operating system on them. +USB flash disks a.k.a. USB memory sticks have become a commonly used +and cheap storage device. Most modern computer systems also allow +booting the &d-i; from such a stick. Many modern computer systems, in +particular netbooks and thin laptops, do not have a CD/DVD-ROM drive +anymore at all and booting from USB media is the standard way of +installing a new operating system on them. </para> </sect2> |