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-rw-r--r--en/hardware/installation-media.xml2
-rw-r--r--en/howto/installation-howto.xml2
-rw-r--r--en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml2
-rw-r--r--en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml5
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/installation-media.xml b/en/hardware/installation-media.xml
index 41204f979..aa3e14e53 100644
--- a/en/hardware/installation-media.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/installation-media.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ IDE drives, IDE floppies, parallel port IDE devices, SCSI controllers and
drives, USB, and FireWire. The supported file systems include FAT,
Win-32 FAT extensions (VFAT) and NTFS.
-</para><para arch="x86">
+</para><para arch="i386">
Disk interfaces that emulate the <quote>AT</quote> hard disk interface
&mdash; often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or ATA &mdash; are supported. Very old
diff --git a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml
index 103200c7f..61164d0b0 100644
--- a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml
+++ b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ it's just a matter of booting linux with the initrd.
Once the installer starts, you will be greeted with an initial screen. Press
&enterkey; to boot, or read the instructions for other boot
methods and parameters (see <xref linkend="boot-parms" />).
-<phrase arch="x86">
+<phrase arch="i386">
If you want a 2.4 kernel, type <userinput>install24</userinput> at the
<prompt>boot:</prompt> prompt.
<footnote><para>
diff --git a/en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml b/en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml
index 5f91d9ed1..28086fd18 100644
--- a/en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml
+++ b/en/post-install/kernel-baking.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ like any package. As root, do
</phrase>
The <replaceable>subarchitecture</replaceable> part is an optional
sub-architecture,
-<phrase arch="x86"> such as <quote>i586</quote>, </phrase>
+<phrase arch="i386"> such as <quote>686</quote>, </phrase>
depending on what kernel options you set.
<userinput>dpkg -i</userinput> will install the
kernel, along with some other nice supporting files. For instance,
diff --git a/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml b/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml
index 7d19431f2..f1c6eb17d 100644
--- a/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml
+++ b/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
<!-- $Id$ -->
+<!-- This section is heavily outdated. It only really describes
+ older BIOSes and not the current situation. Most of it is not
+ really relevant for AMD64, but a general description would be.
+ File should be renamed to x86.xml if a more general text is
+ written. -->
<sect2 arch="x86" id="bios-setup"><title>Invoking the BIOS Set-Up Menu</title>