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diff --git a/en/partitioning/device-names.xml b/en/partitioning/device-names.xml
index 9c68ff013..308b75a16 100644
--- a/en/partitioning/device-names.xml
+++ b/en/partitioning/device-names.xml
@@ -81,14 +81,9 @@ drive is <filename>/dev/sda5</filename>. Remember that the extended
partition, that is, the primary partition holding the logical
partitions, is not usable by itself.
-</para><para arch="sparc">
-
-Sun disk partitions allow for 8 separate partitions (or slices). The
-third partition is usually (and is preferred to have) the <quote>Whole
-Disk</quote> partition. This partition references all of the sectors of the
-disk, and is used by the boot loader (either SILO, or Sun's).
+</para>
-</para><para arch="s390">
+<para arch="s390">
The partitions on each disk are represented by appending a decimal
number to the disk name: <filename>dasda1</filename> and