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diff --git a/nl/partitioning/partition-programs.xml b/nl/partitioning/partition-programs.xml index cb3574ec2..d7c1ab9e1 100644 --- a/nl/partitioning/partition-programs.xml +++ b/nl/partitioning/partition-programs.xml @@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ includes steps you should take if you are sharing your disk with MacOS. </para> -&partition-alpha.xml; &partition-hppa.xml; &partition-x86.xml; &partition-ia64.xml; diff --git a/nl/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml b/nl/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 965ee8602..000000000 --- a/nl/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 39920 untranslated --> - - - <sect2 arch="alpha"><title>Partitioning for &arch-title;</title> -<para> - -Booting Debian from the SRM console (the only disk boot method supported -by &releasename;) requires you to have a BSD disk label, not a DOS -partition table, on your boot disk. (Remember, the SRM boot block is -incompatible with MS-DOS partition tables — see -<xref linkend="alpha-firmware"/>.) As a result, <command>partman</command> -creates BSD disk labels when running on &architecture;, but if your disk -has an existing DOS partition table the existing partitions will need to be -deleted before <command>partman</command> can convert it to use a disk label. - -</para><para> - -If you have chosen to use <command>fdisk</command> to partition your -disk, and the disk that you have selected for partitioning does not -already contain a BSD disk label, you must use the <quote>b</quote> -command to enter disk label mode. - -</para><para> - -Unless you wish to use the disk you are partitioning from Tru64 Unix -or one of the free 4.4BSD-Lite derived operating systems (FreeBSD, -OpenBSD, or NetBSD), you should <emphasis>not</emphasis> create the -third partition as a <quote>whole disk</quote> partition (i.e. with -start and end sectors to span the whole disk), as this renders the -disk incompatible with the tools used to make it bootable with aboot. -This means that the disk configured by the installer for use as the -Debian boot disk will be inaccessible to the operating systems mentioned -earlier. - -</para><para> - -Also, because <command>aboot</command> is written to the first few -sectors of the disk (currently it occupies about 70 kilobytes, or 150 -sectors), you <emphasis>must</emphasis> leave enough empty space at -the beginning of the disk for it. In the past, it was suggested that -you make a small partition at the beginning of the disk, to be left -unformatted. For the same reason mentioned above, we now suggest that -you do not do this on disks that will only be used by GNU/Linux. When -using <command>partman</command>, a small partition will still be -created for <command>aboot</command> for convenience reasons. - -</para><para condition="FIXME"> - -For ARC installations, you should make a small FAT partition at the -beginning of the disk to contain <command>MILO</command> and -<command>linload.exe</command> — 5 megabytes should be sufficient, see -<xref linkend="non-debian-partitioning"/>. Unfortunately, making FAT -file systems from the menu is not yet supported, so you'll have to do -it manually from the shell using <command>mkdosfs</command> before -attempting to install the boot loader. - -</para> - </sect2> |