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| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/files.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/plip.xml | 27 |
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diff --git a/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml b/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml index aa15b8dc4..aacc62271 100644 --- a/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml +++ b/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ or at least 300MB if you plan to install X. </para><para> -To create file systems on your partitions. For example, to create an +Create file systems on your partitions. For example, to create an ext3 file system on partition <filename>/dev/hda6</filename> (that's our example root partition): @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ manually before proceding with the next stage. <title>Install <command>debootstrap</command></title> <para> -The tool that the Debian installer uses, which is recognized as the +The utility used by the Debian installer, and recognized as the official way to install a Debian base system, is <command>debootstrap</command>. It uses <command>wget</command> and <command>ar</command>, but otherwise depends only on @@ -357,15 +357,16 @@ interface name (eth0, eth1, etc.) that you expect. <para> To configure your locale settings to use a language other than -English, install the locales support package and configure it: +English, install the <classname>locales</classname> support package +and configure it: <informalexample><screen> -# apt-get install locales +# aptitude install locales # dpkg-reconfigure locales </screen></informalexample> -NOTE: Apt must be configured beforehand by creating a sources.list and -running apt-get update. +NOTE: <classname>apt</classname> must be configured beforehand by creating +a sources.list and running <command>aptitude update</command>. Before using locales with character sets other than ASCII or latin1, please consult the appropriate localization HOWTO. @@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ and a boot loader. Identify available pre-packaged kernels with Then install your choice using its package name. <informalexample><screen> -# apt-get install <phrase condition="classic-kpkg">kernel</phrase><phrase condition="common-kpkg">linux</phrase>-image-<replaceable>&kernelversion;-arch-etc</replaceable> +# aptitude install <phrase condition="classic-kpkg">kernel</phrase><phrase condition="common-kpkg">linux</phrase>-image-<replaceable>&kernelversion;-arch-etc</replaceable> </screen></informalexample> </para> @@ -398,9 +399,9 @@ Then install your choice using its package name. <para> To make your &debian; system bootable, set up your boot loader to load -the installed kernel with your new root partition. Note that debootstrap -does not install a boot loader, though you can use apt-get inside your -Debian chroot to do so. +the installed kernel with your new root partition. Note that +<command>debootstrap</command> does not install a boot loader, though you +can use <command>aptitude</command> inside your Debian chroot to do so. </para><para arch="i386"> diff --git a/en/appendix/files.xml b/en/appendix/files.xml index b8facd70e..a4ec9d2bd 100644 --- a/en/appendix/files.xml +++ b/en/appendix/files.xml @@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ will re-connect the mouse in software without restarting X. </para><para> -If gpm is disabled or not installed with some reason, make sure to set X to -read directly from the mouse device such as /dev/psaux. For details, refer +If gpm is disabled or not installed for some reason, make sure to set X to +read directly from a mouse device such as /dev/psaux. For details, refer to the 3-Button Mouse mini-Howto at <filename>/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/3-Button-Mouse.gz</filename>, <userinput>man gpm</userinput>, @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ is (temporarily) required in <filename>/var</filename>. <note><para> -The <emphasis>Desktop</emphasis> task will install both the Gnome and KDE +The <emphasis>Desktop</emphasis> task will install both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments. </para></note> diff --git a/en/appendix/plip.xml b/en/appendix/plip.xml index 0946d0ae0..a8acd8e76 100644 --- a/en/appendix/plip.xml +++ b/en/appendix/plip.xml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ <para> -This section explains how to install &debian; on a computer without +This section explains how to install &debian; on a computer without an Ethernet card, but with just a remote gateway computer attached via a Null-Modem cable (also called Null-Printer cable). The gateway computer should be connected to a network that has a Debian mirror @@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Boot the installation media. The installation needs to be run in expert mode; enter <userinput>expert</userinput> at the boot prompt. +If you need to set paramenters for kernel modules, you also need to +do this at the boot prompt. For example, to boot the installer and +set values for the <quote>io</quote> and <quote>irq</quote> options +for the parport_pc module, enter the following at the boot prompt: + +<informalexample><screen> +expert parport_pc.io=<replaceable>0x378</replaceable> parport_pc.irq=<replaceable>7</replaceable> +</screen></informalexample> + Below are the answers that should be given during various stages of the installation. @@ -134,27 +143,11 @@ show this list. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> -Prompt for module parameters: Yes - - </para></listitem> - <listitem><para> - Because no network card was detected/selected earlier, the installer will ask you to select a network driver module from a list. Select the <userinput>plip</userinput> module. </para></listitem> - <listitem><para> - -Additional parameters for module parport_pc: -<userinput><replaceable>io=0x378 irq=7</replaceable></userinput> - - </para></listitem> - <listitem><para> - -Additional parameters for module plip: leave empty - - </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </listitem> |