reassign 364546 installation-guide-powerpc thanks Most suggestions in the original report have been committed, except for those about PowerPC. I have not done these as they contain a lot of background info, but no real patches. Also, some of the comments look like "general powerpc info", rather than Debian or Debian Installer oriented and I cannot judge if they are correct in that context. As I have no affinity with powerpc myself, and as the powerpc version of the manual is badly in need of a review anyway, I'm leaving this for someone else. Clytie, if you're sure about your changes and would like to see them applied, please provide a real patch for the original English XML files. For clarity I've copied the comments that have not yet been dealt with below. 3. .po:329 reference: ⑤ hardware.xml:1139 flag: ⑤ no-c-format auto: ⑤ Tag: para Original: ⌘0 Most systems use this kernel flavour, which supports the PowerPC 601, 603, 604, 740, 750, and 7400 processors. All Apple Power Macintosh systems up to and including the G4 use one of these processors. - systems + machines OR + processor configurations The G4 is not a system: it is the type of processor configuration, and therefore is usually used to identify the machine. My laptop is an iBook G4, that's họw it is classified, based on the overall hardware config, and on the processor config. powering the machine. When I look at About This Mac in my Apple menu, it ignores the hardware config entirely and simply says "Processor: PowerMac 1.2 GHz G4". (More detailed hardware config is available via "More Info...".) I would also strongly recommend you change "Macintosh" to "Mac" or "Apple Mac" throughout your documentation. No Mac user calls it the Macintosh, and Apple certainly doesn't. "What are you running?" "I've got a Mac." My Apple menu says "About This Mac", not "About This Macintosh", and our help documentation is called "Mac Help", not "Macintosh Help". The word Macintosh is also more confusing for readers of other languages, too, since it's a difficult word to work out, not structured as will make sense in many languages. Combined consonant sounds are difficult for speakers of many languages. 4. po:339 reference: ⑤ hardware.xml:1197 flag: ⑤ no-c-format auto: ⑤ Tag: para Original: ⌘0 Macintosh computers using the 680x0 series of processors are not in the PowerPC family but are instead m68k machines. Those models start with <quote>Mac II</quote> or have a 3- digit model number such as Centris 650 or Quadra 950. Apple's pre- iMac PowerPC model numbers have four digits. You're forgetting the LC models. I had a LCIII, which was a 68030. The LCs came between the Mac II and the Quadra. I later had a Quadra, which was a 68040. - Those models start with <quote>Mac II</quote> or have a 3-digit model number such as Centris 650 or Quadra 950. + Those models start with <quote>Mac II</quote> series, go on to the <quote>LC</quote> family, then the Centris series, and culminate in the Quadras. These models usually have a Roman numeral or 3-digit model number such as Mac IIcx, LCIII or Quadra 950. This group of machines also includes the laptops Mac Portable, Powerbook models 100-190cs and Powerbook Duo models 210-280c. This model range started with the Mac II (Mac II, IIx, IIcx, IIci, IIsi, IIvi, IIvx, IIfx), then the LC (LC, LCII, III, III+, 475, 520, 550, 575, 580, 630), then the Mac TV, then the Centris (610, 650, 660AV), the Quadra (605, 610, 630, 650, 660AV, 700, 800, 840AV, 900, 950), and finally the Performa 200-640CD, an excellent line of machines. Very reliable, robust and capable. In laptops, it started with the Mac Portable, then the PowerBook 100-190cs and the PowerBook Duo 210-550c (excluding PowerBook 500 which is Nubus, please see the section below). Please feel free to use this information. It is correct and comprehensive, which will help users with different models of machines. You can refer to MacTracker, or any of the Mac information sites. 5. NuBus systems are not currently supported by debian/powerpc. The monolithic Linux/PPC kernel architecture does not have support for these machines; instead, one must use the MkLinux Mach microkernel, which Debian does not yet support. These include the following: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> Power Macintosh 6100, 7100, 8100 </ para></listitem> <listitem><para> Performa 5200, 6200, 6300 </para></ listitem> <listitem><para> Powerbook 1400, 2300, and 5300 </para></ listitem> <listitem><para> Workgroup Server 6150, 8150, 9150 </para></ listitem> </itemizedlist> A linux kernel for these machines and limited support is available at <ulink url=\"http://nubus- pmac.sourceforge.net/\"></ulink> It's probably not a bad thing that you have a Mac devotée translating these strings. ;) The NuBus Macs have he 603 and 604 processors: the Power Mac 4400-9600, the Twentieth Anniversary Mac, the Performa 5200CD-6420 and the laptops PowerBook Duo 2300c/100, Powerbook 500, and PowerBooks 1400-5300. This series also includes the Workgroup Server 6150-9650, and the Network Server 500-700. - These include the following: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> Power Macintosh 6100, 7100, 8100 </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Performa 5200, 6200, 6300 </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Powerbook 1400, 2300, and 5300 </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Workgroup Server 6150, 8150, 9150 </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> + These machines with NuBus 603 and 640 processors include the following: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> <i>desktop</i> Power Macintosh 4400 to 9600 </para></listitem> <listitem><para> <i>desktop</i><i>desktop</i> Twentieth Anniversary Mac </para></ listitem> <listitem><para> <i>desktop</i> Performa 5200CD to 6420 </ para></listitem> <listitem><para><i>laptop</i> PowerBook Duo 2300c/ 100</para></listitem> <listitem><para><i>laptop</i> PowerBook 500</ para></listitem> <listitem><para><i>laptop</i> PowerBook 1400 to 5300 </para></listitem> <listitem><para><i>server</i> Workgroup Server 6150 to 9650</para></listitem> <listitem><para><i>server</i> Network Server 500 to 700</para></listitem> </itemizedlist>
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