From 49101d2cb42b0e185e42ff083c71042b42d7817d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:52:44 +0000 Subject: Clarify paragraph --- en/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'en') diff --git a/en/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml b/en/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml index 50621edb9..6cca8373a 100644 --- a/en/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml +++ b/en/partitioning/partition/alpha.xml @@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ command to enter disk label mode. 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), it is suggested that you do -not make the third partition contain the whole -disk. This is not required by aboot, and in fact, -it may lead to confusion since the swriteboot -utility used to install aboot in the boot sector -will complain about a partition overlapping with the boot block. +OpenBSD, or NetBSD), you should not create the +third partition as a whole disk 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. -- cgit v1.2.3