Re: installation guide [Was: Re: Change templates: CD -> installation medium - proposal #2 ]
On 9/22/19 4:45 PM, Justin B Rye wrote:
> In English, "a medium" means a *category* of information-propagating
> mechanism (such as radio or print), not one individual USB thumbdrive
> or whatever.
Not, it doesn't:
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/recording-medium
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium#Other_uses_in_science_and_technology
> I'd recommend just "Detect media:" - after all, the question is
> whether it *ever* succeeded on *any* try, right?
No, "detect medi**um**", it's one installation medium. Not multiple installation media.
The language is very concise.
> (en/howto/installation-howto.xml:)
> Now sit back while debian-installer detects some of your hardware, and
> - loads the rest of itself from CD, USB, etc.
> + loads the rest of itself from the installation medium.
>
> "Medium" is the wrong thing, "item of media" would be very clunky, and
> we can't get away with plural "media" because you can't sit back if
> you're swapping discs, so this is a tricky one. Maybe it could say:
Again, could you please quote a dictionary here. Please don't assume that
being native speaker alone is sufficient. Lots of native speakers don't
use proper grammar. Just think of "they're, their and there".
> [...]
> - If you don't have a CD set, then you will need to download the
> + If you don't have a installation media set, then you will need to download the
>
> A nice easy-to-fix one here: that's *an* installation media set.
It both sounds very awkward. The sentence should be rephrased.
Adrian
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