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diff --git a/da/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml b/da/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml deleted file mode 100644 index a925db8ab..000000000 --- a/da/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 11648 untranslated --> - - - <sect2 arch="alpha"><title>Partitioning for &arch-title;</title> -<para> - -If you have chosen to boot from the SRM console, you must use -<command>fdisk</command> to partition your disk, as it is the only -partitioning program that can manipulate the BSD disk labels required -by <command>aboot</command> (remember, the SRM boot block is -incompatible with MS-DOS partition tables - see -<xref linkend="alpha-firmware"/>). -<command>debian-installer</command> will run <command>fdisk</command> -by default if you have not booted from <command>MILO</command>. - -</para><para> - -If the disk that you have selected for partitioning already contains a -BSD disk label, <command>fdisk</command> will default to BSD disk -label mode. Otherwise, you must use the `b' command to enter disk -label mode. - -</para><para> - -Unless you wish to use the disk you are partitioning from Tru64 Unix -or one of the free 4.4BSD-Lite derived operating systems (FreeBSD, -OpenBSD, or NetBSD), it is suggested that you do -<emphasis>not</emphasis> make the third partition contain the whole -disk. This is not required by <command>aboot</command>, and in fact, -it may lead to confusion since the <command>swriteboot</command> -utility used to install <command>aboot</command> in the boot sector -will complain about a partition overlapping with the boot block. - -</para><para> - -Also, because <command>aboot</command> is written to the first few -sectors of the disk (currently it occupies about 70 kilobytes, or 150 -sectors), you <emphasis>must</emphasis> leave enough empty space at -the beginning of the disk for it. In the past, it was suggested that -you make a small partition at the beginning of the disk, to be left -unformatted. For the same reason mentioned above, we now suggest that -you do not do this on disks that will only be used by GNU/Linux. - -</para><para> - -For ARC installations, you should make a small FAT partition at the -beginning of the disk to contain <command>MILO</command> and -<command>linload.exe</command> - 5 megabytes should be sufficient, see -<xref linkend="non-debian-partitioning"/>. Unfortunately, making FAT -file systems from the menu is not yet supported, so you'll have to do -it manually from the shell using <command>mkdosfs</command> before -attempting to install the boot loader. - -</para> - </sect2>
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