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diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml index edc98ecb7..eeb27f4f5 100644 --- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml +++ b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/x86.xml @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ <!-- $Id$ --> - <sect2 arch="x86"><title>Partitioning From DOS or Windows</title> + <sect2 arch="any-x86"><title>Partitioning From DOS or Windows</title> <para> If you are manipulating existing FAT or NTFS partitions, it is recommended that you either use the scheme below or native Windows or DOS tools. Otherwise, it is not really necessary to partition from DOS -or Windows; the Linux partitioning tools will generally do a better +or Windows; the Debian partitioning tools will generally do a better job. </para><para> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ case <command>fips</command> doesn't do the trick for you. <para> If you are partitioning for DOS drives, or changing the size of DOS -partitions, using Linux tools, many people experience problems working +partitions, using Debian tools, many people experience problems working with the resulting FAT partitions. For instance, some have reported slow performance, consistent problems with <command>scandisk</command>, or other weird errors in DOS or Windows. @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ other weird errors in DOS or Windows. Apparently, whenever you create or resize a partition for DOS use, it's a good idea to fill the first few sectors with zeros. You should do this prior to running DOS's <command>format</command> command by executing -the following command from Linux: +the following command from Debian: <informalexample><screen> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdXX bs=512 count=4 |