From 98a35818a787f6de4ce9ca92ea4efc04cef9f895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holger Wansing Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 21:07:53 +0200 Subject: Remove mentions of DOS + unification of Windows versions --- en/appendix/files.xml | 4 ++-- en/howto/installation-howto.xml | 2 +- en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml | 2 +- en/preparing/needed-info.xml | 2 +- en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml | 10 ++++------ en/using-d-i/modules/clock-setup-finish.xml | 2 +- 6 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'en') diff --git a/en/appendix/files.xml b/en/appendix/files.xml index 63b44735c..0ec85aaa8 100644 --- a/en/appendix/files.xml +++ b/en/appendix/files.xml @@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ The most important device files are listed in the tables below. ttyS0 - Serial port 0, COM1 under MS-DOS + Serial port 0, also referred to as COM1 ttyS1 - Serial port 1, COM2 under MS-DOS + Serial port 1, also referred to as COM2 psaux PS/2 mouse device diff --git a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml index 6e79c5d10..2e8cb763e 100644 --- a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml +++ b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ to autopartition, choose Manual from the menu. -If you have an existing DOS or Windows partition that you want to preserve, +If you have an existing Windows partition that you want to preserve, be very careful with automatic partitioning. If you choose manual partitioning, you can use the installer to resize existing FAT or NTFS partitions to create room for the &debian; install: simply select the partition and specify its new size. diff --git a/en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml b/en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml index dfcd44487..fd8d9aa3e 100644 --- a/en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml +++ b/en/partitioning/partition/x86.xml @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ bootloader. -If you have an existing other operating system such as DOS or Windows and +If you have an existing other operating system such as Windows and you want to preserve that operating system while installing &debian;, you may need to resize its partition to free up space for the &debian; installation. The installer supports resizing of both FAT and NTFS filesystems; when you diff --git a/en/preparing/needed-info.xml b/en/preparing/needed-info.xml index 2db3a4d23..12eb563a5 100644 --- a/en/preparing/needed-info.xml +++ b/en/preparing/needed-info.xml @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ On Windows systems, the IDs for a device can be found in the Windows device manager on the tab details, where the vendor ID is prefixed with VEN_ and the product ID is prefixed with DEV_. -On Windows 7 systems, you have to select the property Hardware IDs in the +On Windows 7/10 systems, you have to select the property Hardware IDs in the device manager's details tab to actually see the IDs, as they are not displayed by default. diff --git a/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml b/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml index 9f53f611a..f31ff773b 100644 --- a/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml +++ b/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ means an LPAR or VM guest in this case. If you already have an operating system on your system -(Windows 9x, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, OS/2, MacOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, …) +(Windows, OS/2, MacOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, …) @@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ root filesystem. You can find information about your current partition setup by using a partitioning tool for your current operating system, such as the integrated Disk Manager in Windows or fdisk in -DOS, such as the integrated Disk Manager in Windows, such as Disk Utility, Drive Setup, HD Toolkit, or MacTools, such as the VM diskmap. Partitioning tools always provide a way to show existing partitions without making changes. @@ -61,10 +60,9 @@ making space for additional partitions without losing existing data. Even though this works quite well in most cases, making changes to the partitioning of a disk is an inherently dangerous action and should only be done after having made a full backup of all data. -For FAT/FAT32 and NTFS partitions as used by DOS and +For FAT/FAT32 and NTFS partitions as used by Windows systems, the ability to move and resize them losslessly is provided -both by &d-i; as well as by the integrated Disk Manager of Windows -7. +both by &d-i; as well as by the integrated Disk Manager of Windows. diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/clock-setup-finish.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/clock-setup-finish.xml index 45301f0cc..a6e8fbc6e 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/clock-setup-finish.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/clock-setup-finish.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ whether or not the clock is set to UTC. Macintosh hardware clocks are normally set to local time. If you want to dual-boot, select local time instead of UTC. -Systems that (also) run Dos or Windows are normally +Systems that (also) run Windows are normally set to local time. If you want to dual-boot, select local time instead of UTC. -- cgit v1.2.3