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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-<!-- original version: 53452 untranslated -->
+<!-- original version: 56150 untranslated -->
<sect1 id="installation-media">
<title>Installation Media</title>
@@ -52,13 +52,9 @@ up by other means; see <xref linkend="boot-installer"/>.
</para><para arch="x86">
-Both SCSI and IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported. In addition, all
-non-standard CD interfaces supported by Linux are supported by the
-boot disks (such as Mitsumi and Matsushita drives). However, these
-models might require special boot parameters or other massaging to get
-them to work, and booting off these non-standard interfaces is
-unlikely. The <ulink url="&url-cd-howto;">Linux CD-ROM HOWTO</ulink>
-contains in-depth information on using CD-ROMs with Linux.
+SCSI, SATA and IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs are supported. The <ulink
+url="&url-cd-howto;">Linux CD-ROM HOWTO</ulink> contains in-depth information
+on using CD-ROMs with Linux.
</para><para arch="x86">
@@ -186,17 +182,15 @@ installed on the widest array of hardware.
</para><para arch="x86">
Generally, the Debian installation system includes support for floppies,
-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.
+IDE (also known as PATA) drives, IDE floppies, parallel port IDE devices, SATA
+and SCSI controllers and drives, USB, and FireWire. The supported file systems
+include FAT, Win-32 FAT extensions (VFAT) and NTFS.
</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
-8&ndash;bit hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer are supported
-only as a module. SCSI disk controllers from many different manufacturers
-are supported. See the
+&mdash; often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or PATA &mdash; are supported. SATA and
+SCSI disk controllers from many different manufacturers are supported. See the
<ulink url="&url-hardware-howto;">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink>
for more details.