corrections to the Installation manual
Hi,
some things I spotted while translating...
install.sgml, line 1558:
Note that Linux will not use more than 128 megabytes of swap on
a single swap partition. However, you can make multiple swap
This is not true for 64-bit machines (i. e. Alpha). From the Linux
FAQ:
Linux on machines with 8KB paging, like Alpha and Sparc64, support a
swap partition up to 512MB. The 128MB limitation comes from
PAGE_SIZE*BITSPERBYTE on machines with 4KB paging, but is 512KB on
machines with 8KB paging. The limit is due to the use of a single page
allocation map.
install.sgml, line 1784:
for a list of other software that may do the trick. Note that if you
have Windows 95, you must run <prgn>defrag</prgn> from there, since
DOS doesn't understand the FAT32 type disk allocation tables sometimes
used in Windows 95 and higher.
What DOS doesn't understand is VFAT (support for long names), always
used in Windows 95 and higher.
dselect-beginner.sgml, line 669:
You can get an idea of the size of a package by hitting
<em>i</em>twice and looking for the ``Size'' figure. This is the size
of the crunched package, so the uncrunched files will be a lot bigger.
IIRC, this is the purpose of the `Installed-Size' field.
And some simple, obvious corrections:
--- urls.ent.orig Thu Feb 25 13:00:23 1999
+++ urls.ent Fri Feb 26 12:30:20 1999
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
<!-- set this to refer to a different Debian web site -->
<!entity www-debian-org "www.debian.org">
-<!entity url-social-contract "http://&www-debian-org;/social_contract.html";>
+<!entity url-social-contract "http://&www-debian-org;/social_contract";>
<!entity url-debian-policy "http://&www-debian-org;/doc/debian-policy/";>
--- install.sgml.orig Thu Feb 25 13:00:23 1999
+++ install.sgml Fri Feb 26 12:29:48 1999
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
General Public License for more details.
<p>
A copy of the GNU General Public License is available as
-<tt>/usr/doc/copyright/GPL</tt> in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
+<file>/usr/doc/copyright/GPL</file> in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
or on the World Wide Web at the <url
id="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"; name="GNU website">.
You can also obtain it by writing to the Free Software Foundation,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
<p>
To protect your system against trojan horses and other malevolent
software, Debian verifies that packages have come from their real
-Debian maintainers. Debian packages also takes great care to configure
+Debian maintainers. Debian packagers also take great care to configure
the packages in a secure manner. If security problems do arise with
shipped packages, fixes are generally quickly available. Simply by
updating your systems periodically, you will download and install
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
source packages, see the <url id="&url-debian-faq;" name="Debian
FAQ">.</footnote> There are several other forms of copyright and
software license used on the programs in Debian. You can find the
-copyrights and licenses of every program by looking in the directory
+copyrights and licenses of every program by looking in the file
<file>/usr/doc/<var>package-name</var>/copyright</file> once you've
installed your system.
<p>
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
and excludes the ``EC'' line of 680x0 processors. See the <url
id="&url-m68k-faq;" name="Linux/m68k FAQ"> for complete details.
<p>
-There are three major flavors of supported <em>&architecture;</em>
+There are four major flavors of supported <em>&architecture;</em>
flavors: Amiga, Atari, Macintosh and VME machines. Amiga and Atari were
the first two systems to which Linux was ported; in keeping, they are
also the two most well-supported Debian ports. The Macintosh line is
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
<p>
Complete information regarding supported DEC Alphas can be found at
<url id="&url-alpha-howto;" name="Linux Alpha HOWTO">. The
-purpose of this section is to describe the sub-architectures supposed
+purpose of this section is to describe the sub-architectures supported
by the boot disks.
<p>
Alpha stations are grouped into sub-architectures because there are a
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@
The system on your network that you should use as a DNS (Domain Name
Service) server.
<item>
-Whether you connect to the network using Ethernet
+Whether you connect to the network using Ethernet.
<![ %supports-pcmcia [
<item>
Whether your Ethernet interface is a PCMCIA card; if so, the type of
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@
scheme.
<p>
There are a number of default ``Profiles'' which Debian offers for
-your convenience (see <ref id="preselections">. Profiles are simply
+your convenience (see <ref id="preselections">). Profiles are simply
sets of package selections which make it easier for you, in that a
number of packages are automatically marked for installation.
<p>
@@ -1098,13 +1098,13 @@
<p>
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 nice. he Sun boot proms have a built
+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.
<p>
To get to the boot prompt you need to hold down the <em>Stop</em> key
(or <em>L1</em> key on older type 4 keyboards) and press the
-<em>A</em> key. The will give you a prompt, either <tt>ok</tt> or
+<em>A</em> key. The boot prom will give you a prompt, either <tt>ok</tt> or
<tt>></tt>.
<sect1 id="boot-dev-select">Boot Device Selection
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@
<p>
PC BIOS generally adds additional constraints for disk partitioning.
There is a limit to how many ``primary'' and ``logical'' partitions a
-drive can contain. Additional, there are limits to where on the drive
+drive can contain. Additionally, there are limits to where on the drive
the BIOS can boot from. More information can be found in <url
id="&url-partition-howto;" name="Linux Partition HOWTO">, but this
section will include a brief overview to help you plan most
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@
are, obviously, dependent on the size of the target floppy, such as
1.44MB, 1.2MB, or 720KB. Which sizes are available depends on your
platform (i.e., 720KB drives are Atari-specific). The images for
-1.44MB images have `14' embedded in their filenames, 1.2MB drives have
+1.44MB drives have `14' embedded in their filenames, 1.2MB drives have
`12' somewhere in their filename, 720KB drives have `72' in their
filename.
<p>
@@ -4026,7 +4026,7 @@
package or read the online documentation of the <url id="&url-bts;"
name="Debian Bug Tracking System">. It would be nice if you could
check the <url id="&url-bts-boot-floppies;" name="open bugs against
-boot-floppies"> to see whether your problem has already bee reported.
+boot-floppies"> to see whether your problem has already been reported.
If so, you can supply addition corroboration or helpful information to
<email>XXXX@bugs.debian.org</email>, where <var>XXXX</var> is the
number for the already-reported bug.
--- dselect-beginner.sgml.orig Sat Jan 30 13:00:18 1999
+++ dselect-beginner.sgml Fri Feb 26 12:26:44 1999
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
<item>
Quite large and powerful, this complex method is the recommended way
of installing a recent version of Debian from a set of multiple binary
-CDs. Each of these CDs should contain a full set of "Packages.cd"
+CDs. Each of these CDs should contain a full set of <file>Packages.cd</file>
files (one for each of the archive sections) in addition to the
traditional Packages files as used by the other methods. When you
first select this method, be sure the CD-ROM you will be using is not
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
<p>
Once you have updated the available list and selected the packages to
be installed, the multi-cd method diverges from normal procedure. You
-will need to run an "install" step for each of the CDs you have in
+will need to run an ``install'' step for each of the CDs you have in
turn. Unfortunately due to the limitations of dselect it will not be
able to prompt you for a new disk at each stage; the way to work for
each disk is
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
<item>
Insert the CD in your CD-ROM drive.
<item>
- From the main dselect menu, select "Install".
+ From the main dselect menu, select ``Install''.
<item>
Wait until dpkg finishes installing from this CD (it may
report installation successful, or possibly installation
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
early may need to have later packages installed before they will
configure properly.
<p>
-Running a "Configure" step is recommended, to help fix any packages
+Running a ``Configure'' step is recommended, to help fix any packages
that may end up in this state.
<tag>multi_nfs, multi_mount</tag>
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
new one to appear.
<tag><tt>-</tt>
-Remove a package
+Remove a package.
<tag><tt>_</tt>
<item>
--- defaults.ent.orig Thu Feb 25 13:00:22 1999
+++ defaults.ent Fri Feb 26 12:32:15 1999
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
<!ENTITY minimum-memory-with-swap "9MB">
<!-- number of packages, approx, in the distribution -->
-<!-- do: grep ^Package: Packages | wc -l -->
+<!-- do: grep -ci ^Package: Packages -->
<!-- might be fun to generate this dynamically -->
<![ %i386 [ <!ENTITY num-of-distrib-pkgs "2250"> ]]>
<![ %m68k [ <!ENTITY num-of-distrib-pkgs "2050"> ]]>
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