On Tue, 2018-07-31 at 10:40 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> > Please remove all the text about USB-ZIP. Zip drives have been
> > obsolete for over 10 years and I think only very old BIOS versions will
> > expect that kind of partition table in USB storage devices. This text
> > is more likely to confuse people than to be useful.
>
> Done. Updated patch is attached.
>
>
>
> diff --git a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml
> index ff8a74184..f2afb5c3b 100644
> --- a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml
> +++ b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml
> @@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ sticks. For details, see <xref linkend="boot-usb-files" />.
> </para><para arch="any-x86">
>
> Some BIOSes can boot USB storage directly, and some cannot. You may need to
> -configure your BIOS to boot from a <quote>removable drive</quote> or even a
> -<quote>USB-ZIP</quote> to get it to boot from the USB device. For helpful
> +configure your BIOS to enable <quote>USB legacy support</quote>. The boot device
> +selection menu should show <quote>removable drive</quote> or <quote>USB-HDD</quote>
> +to get it to boot from the USB device. For helpful
> hints and details, see <xref linkend="usb-boot-x86" />.
>
> </para><para arch="powerpc">
>
> diff --git a/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml b/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml
> index 4c50c1e2c..73f29271d 100644
> --- a/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml
> +++ b/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml
> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ In particular if you use an isohybrid CD/DVD image on a USB stick
> (see <xref linkend="usb-copy-isohybrid"/>), changing the device type to
> <quote>USB CDROM</quote> helps on some BIOSes which will not boot from a USB stick in
> USB harddisk mode.</phrase>
> +You may need to configure your BIOS to enable <quote>USB legacy support</quote>.
>
> </para><para>
>
Looks good to me.
(Though both these sections seem to need major work to talk about UEFI
as well as BIOS. Oddly there doesn't seem to be a bug report covering
that.)
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
[W]e found...that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had
thought. I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going
to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs.
- Maurice Wilkes, 1949
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