From e503384da56bdeb5bccc946e94c5c1e1b986640a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:33:13 +0000 Subject: Various corrections suggested by Clytie Siddall (and one by Jens Seidel) --- en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml | 8 ++++---- en/preparing/bios-setup/powerpc.xml | 3 ++- en/preparing/bios-setup/s390.xml | 2 +- en/preparing/bios-setup/sparc.xml | 6 +++--- en/preparing/nondeb-part/i386.xml | 5 +++-- 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'en/preparing') diff --git a/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml b/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml index ed548ce9f..e5e884612 100644 --- a/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml +++ b/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml @@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ controller. -Other popular option is to boot from a USB storage (also called USB -memory stick or USB key). Some BIOSes can boot USB storage directly, -and some cannot. You may need to configure your BIOS to boot from -a Removable drive or even a USB-ZIP to +Another popular option is to boot from a USB storage device (also called +a USB memory stick or USB key). Some BIOSes can boot directly from a USB +storage device, but some cannot. You may need to configure your BIOS to boot +from a Removable drive or even from USB-ZIP to get it to boot from the USB device. diff --git a/en/preparing/bios-setup/powerpc.xml b/en/preparing/bios-setup/powerpc.xml index b676a03bd..6011e6900 100644 --- a/en/preparing/bios-setup/powerpc.xml +++ b/en/preparing/bios-setup/powerpc.xml @@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ patch is included in the System Disk 2.3.1 utility, available from Apple at . After unpacking the utility in MacOS, and launching it, select the -Save button to have the firmware patches installed to nvram. +Save button to have the firmware patches +installed to nvram. diff --git a/en/preparing/bios-setup/s390.xml b/en/preparing/bios-setup/s390.xml index 7da892259..cd36b61ef 100644 --- a/en/preparing/bios-setup/s390.xml +++ b/en/preparing/bios-setup/s390.xml @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ FTP. The installation server needs to copy the exact directory structure -from any &debian; mirror but of only the s390 and +from any &debian; mirror, but only the s390 and architecture-independent files are required. You can also copy the contents of all installation CDs into such a directory tree. diff --git a/en/preparing/bios-setup/sparc.xml b/en/preparing/bios-setup/sparc.xml index 6b222a142..e0dfe0bbf 100644 --- a/en/preparing/bios-setup/sparc.xml +++ b/en/preparing/bios-setup/sparc.xml @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ OpenBoot provides the basic functions needed to boot the &arch-title; architecture. This is rather similar in function to the BIOS in the x86 architecture, although much nicer. The Sun boot PROMs have a built-in forth interpreter which lets you do quite a number of things -with your machine, such as diagnostics, simple scripts, etc. +with your machine, such as diagnostics and simple scripts. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ emulator if you are using a different program. You can use OpenBoot to boot from specific devices, and also to change your default boot device. However, you need to know some details -about how OpenBoot names devices; it's much different from Linux +about how OpenBoot names devices; it's considerably different from Linux device naming, described in . Also, the command will vary a bit, depending on what version of OpenBoot you have. More information about OpenBoot can be found in @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ the Sun OpenBoot Reference. -Typically, with newer revisions, you can use OpenBoot device such as +Typically, with newer revisions, you can use OpenBoot devices such as floppy, cdrom, net, disk, or disk2. These have the obvious meanings; the net device is for booting from the network. diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/i386.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/i386.xml index 5509b3d27..3846cec48 100644 --- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/i386.xml +++ b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/i386.xml @@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ other weird errors in DOS or Windows. Apparently, whenever you create or resize a partition for DOS use, -it's a good idea to fill the first few sectors with zeros. Do this -prior to running DOS's format command, from Linux: +it's a good idea to fill the first few sectors with zeros. You should do +this prior to running DOS's format command by executing +the following command from Linux: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdXX bs=512 count=4 -- cgit v1.2.3