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2020-05-17Also mention Windows 10 fast-startup feature in-line with fast-boot from ↵Holger Wansing
Windows 8
2019-09-22Change CD/DVD etc. into 'installation media' or 'installation image' as ↵Holger Wansing
cover-term, where applicable
2019-08-29Remove mentions of floppyHolger Wansing
2019-08-27Minor correction: use <quote> </quote> for quotesHolger Wansing
2019-08-27Bump minimum memory values for realSamuel Thibault
graphical installation needs 1GiB, and only the non-graphical installer can meet the no-desktop values.
2019-06-21Update minimum memory figuresSamuel Thibault
2018-10-26installation-guide: 'installation tools for Debian are reliable'Holger Wansing
2018-10-26installation-guide: install overview: add missing step 'install additional ↵Holger Wansing
software'
2018-08-03installation-guide: Improve/update documentation regarding USB bootingHolger Wansing
2018-07-07installation-guide: Change Alioth -> Dillon + sync translationsHolger Wansing
2017-11-03Fix "ID xxx-yyy already defined" validation errors:Holger Wansing
add some forgotten occurrences.
2017-11-02Fix "ID xxx-yyy already defined" validation errors by making IDsHolger Wansing
unique for the whole manual. Includes unfuzzying of po-based translations. Updates for xml-based ones will follow in a separate commit.
2017-08-17Set forgotten conditions 'bootable-usb' and 'isohybrid-supported' forHolger Wansing
arm64. This leads to the need of some content about how to select the boot device for arm64. Added a placeholder for that, content to be added.
2017-07-02Globally use S/390 instead of s390 for consistency.Holger Wansing
Unfuzzy po-based translations as well.
2017-04-19Some '>' changed into '&gt;' within <informalexample> tags, to get them Holger Wansing
correctly processed. Otherwise additional line-breaks appear. + Sync translations.
2017-02-17Some mips related cleanups and updates. Holger Wansing
Patch #1 from bug#855134: use capitalized MIPS.
2016-12-24d-i manual: KDE desktop is called KDE Plasma. Thanks Luigi Toscano. Closes: ↵Baptiste Jammet
#849238
2016-10-31Add missing mips64el bitsSamuel Thibault
2016-09-02Small fixes from victorySamuel Thibault
2016-06-02Fix typo: s/excatly/exactly/Dann Frazier
2016-04-08Switch to the new apt commands, instead of apitude / apt-get / apt-cacheHolger Wansing
2015-11-01Drop the 20MB minimum for s390.Philipp Kern
First of all it's gone, but on s390x you need >128MB because of locale-gen for en_US.UTF-8. (Which means that the minimum in the table is also wrong.)
2015-05-06Some minor fixes (add some missing fullstops; use <quote> </quote>Holger Wansing
for quotes; make link clickable)
2015-04-17propagate trivial changes to non-english languagesSamuel Thibault
2015-04-14s/u-boot/U-Boot/Steve McIntyre
2015-04-13Minor wording tweaksSteve McIntyre
2015-04-13A number of UEFI updatesSteve McIntyre
* more machines now don't have CSM * minor wording tweaks for partition and bootloader setup * minor wording change for fast boot * mention systems that won't listen to keyboard during fast boot
2015-04-12Contributions gathered by Holger Wansing: Add ppc64el bitsSamuel Thibault
2015-04-05Add missing svn:keywords Id for proper translation trackingMiroslav Kure
2015-04-03Installation-Guide:Karsten Merker
Document the u-boot images provided together with the installer since d-i Jessie RC2, and describe how to use the pre-built installer SD card images for armhf that are available starting with d-i Jessie RC3.
2014-08-05Fix typoHolger Wansing
2014-08-05Adjust recommended values for RAM and HD space (and fix 'minimal' -> 'minimum')Holger Wansing
2014-08-05Use <quote> </quote> for quotes (once more)Holger Wansing
2014-08-04Use <quote> </quote> for quotes (+ update po|pot files)Holger Wansing
2014-05-18installation guide:Karsten Merker
Add a "Kernel/Initrd/Device-Tree relocation issues in u-boot" subsection in the "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" section.
2014-05-02installation guide:Karsten Merker
Add missing colons in the MAC address example.
2014-05-01installation-guide:Karsten Merker
Add a "Setting the ethernet MAC address in u-boot" subsection in the "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" section.
2014-05-01installation-guide:Karsten Merker
Add a "Systems with UEFI firmware" subsection and a "Disabling the Windows 8 'fast boot' feature" subsection in the "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" section.
2014-03-20installation-guide:Karsten Merker
Add an "ARM firmware" subsection in the "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" section.
2013-05-27Fix typoHolger Wansing
2013-05-21Get rid of tapes on s390(x).Philipp Kern
2013-03-17Fix Linux kernel version, reported by Enrico Zini.Samuel Thibault
2013-03-03 * Debian-installer partition table editing tool not compatible with Milan Kupcevic
MacOS 9. Closes: #604134.
2013-02-01Explain one can use a USB stick while having booted another way. Closes: ↵Samuel Thibault
#692309.
2012-09-17manual/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml:Karsten Merker
Make references to "usb-copy-isohybrid" conditional to "isohybrid-supported".
2012-09-16manual/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml Karsten Merker
manual/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml manual/en/hardware/buying-hardware.xml Replaced literal quotes ("") by <quote></quote> tags to ensure proper typesetting. Thanks to Holger Wansing for pointing this out.
2012-09-16manual/en/preparing/needed-info.xml: replaced literal quotes ("")Karsten Merker
by <quote></quote> tags to ensure proper typesetting. Thanks to Holger Wansing for pointing this out.
2012-09-16Typo fixes and some wording changes by Karsten Merker
Philippe Batailler <philippe.batailler@free.fr>
2012-09-10Fix misplaced XML tag in manual/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xmlKarsten Merker
2012-09-06Installation-guide cleanupKarsten Merker
* Various small removals / updates / amendments in chapter 3, most of them concerning outdated information. * Extended the "Devices Requiring Firmware" section. * Rewrote large parts of the "Avoid Proprietary or Closed Hardware" section. * Rewrote the "Hardware Compatibility" section. * Amended the "Network Settings" section. * Rewrote the "Pre-Partitioning for Multi-Boot Systems" section to bring it up to date with the current d-i features and make it easier to read for beginners. * Rewrote the "Pre-Installation Hardware and Operating System Setup" section to bring it up to date for modern hardware.